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Native American imagery is used on products to show that they are “American” and give the illusion of being naturally made. They’re used for logos and branding for American products because they’re the original inhabiters of North America and spark a clearer image of America than imagery of white people/colonists, which usually reminds people more of Europe.

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Indians are secretive: “Indians always have secrets”
Indian men are destructive: “They should destroy the lives of any white women who choose to love them”

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I think she would be compared to murky water because murky represents a clouded heart and mind. The poet first says that an Indian women should be compared to nature and clear water, and does not say that she is keeping a secret (this women doesn’t have secrets). This shows a clear and pure heart and mind. Later, he claims that an Indian women should be compared to murky water if she has a secret. This shows that this woman has a clouded heart and mind since she has a secret. The heart and mind of this Indian woman is not pure and clean.

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Why would Americans (Macy’s) show a cartoon Indians if Americans took over the land that was originally occupied by Indians? Does this show disrespect or respect to the Indians?

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Why must an Indian woman be compared to murky water if she is holding a secret?

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Should the name of the football team the “Washington Redskins” be changed if people find it offensive?

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Simile: “... Indian secrets can be disclosed suddenly, like a storm”
Metaphor: “Indian men, of course, are storms”

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While the Native America culture is declining each year, their image is still being used/preserved in branding. However, this does not help to pass on the traditions, language, and etc. of the Indian people.

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Savage Arms catalog shows how Native Americans were seen (and are still seen by some) as “savages.”

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Do you think some of the branding the companies created using Native American’s can be considered offensive and otherwise racist?

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Indians portrayed as “bad guys” in popular film genre, Cowboys vs Indians. However, the Indians, in reality, had no malicious intentions at all.

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I knew that the Native Americans often used bow and arrows in the old days before they were impacted by guns. In some of the pictures, Native Americans are carrying bow and arrows.

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Knew that Native Americans wear headdresses on special occasions (used in American imagery a lot)

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Feign: pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

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The Redskins have actually recently gotten their name changed to “Washington Football Team”. This happened because people have thought the name to be offensive to the Native Americans. The name “Redskins” discriminated the Native Americans because the term is considered a racial slur for them.

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Why is an Indian maiden on a box of American butter?

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References of Native Americans using guns instead of bows which showed how the settlers affected the Native Americans.

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Why do companies use Native American symbols when they have nothing to do with Native Americans? Why do they use Native imagery to show that a product is American when Natives were forced out of their land to create the U.S.?