INDG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Noble Savage, Messiah Complex, Racialization

• School: McGill University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 200
• Professor: Allan Downey

Document Summary

11/02: playing indian : performance, hollywood indians and eskimos, and. Concept of the indian --not real indg ppls. Forced in indg ppls to simplify them. Stereotypes hav had real effect on policy. Indians don"t exist ( indians as non-natives perceive them as a construct, a concept, built by non-natives) Content of indian image is series of mis-appropriations. Even if u think they"re romantic / good portrayals. White man"s fantasy of what they want indg ppls to b. Combination of fears, hopes, misconceptions of indg ppls. Indians are anything that white ppl want them 2 b--even if it"s not always overtly negative. Eurs would rather think of indg ppls as indians, know 1, easily consumable image, than actually get 2 kno indg ppls. Projecting european fears/hopes re: na onto indg ppls. B/came ingrained in can society as an accepted truth. Free from vanity that encounters w eurs brought. Noble or bloodthirsty? the screen of prejudice.