The Native American Character Trope

"I do think there is this sort of weird, like perspective that some people give of like the native population in the US," he said. "It's almost like patronizing or a little racist to degree." He says Mount Rushmore was owned by a particular tribe before we yanked it from them and carved their faces into its surface. The Native American culture has been messy for as long as humans have lived on Earth,. But you can't ever define exactly one that ape became the first kind of human.

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