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* Mohawks.
While aspects of these outfits are [[Truth in Television]] for some tribes, some of the time,<ref>Large amounts of beading and jewelry for example is reserved for special occasions, and in many tribes a chief would only wear a feathered headdress in situations where a European king would wear a crown.</ref> North America is a [[Understatement|big place]], with a great deal of variation between Native cultures. Plus these aspects are occasionally applied to Native cultures outside of America, leading to confusion as to why indigenous people in Peru are wearing buckskin. But since most writers are mainly concerned with making money and don't want to be bothered with research, the common portrayal fails to capture this wide variety. Many tribes' traditional outfits look nothing like the stereotype.
Another form of this is when Native American tribes are shown doing things and using stuff that belongs to a myriad of different tribes - an example of this being [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Disney's ''Peter Pan'' film]], which juxtaposes
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* An [[Egregious]] example of this has the (Japanese) cast of ''[[Gigantor]]'' visit Australia, where they meet Aboriginals... [[Did Not Do the Research|who ride horses, say "How," and wear Braids, Beads and Buckskins.]]
* Allen Bradford from ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'' (shown above), which is strange because despite looking like a Native American, he comes from a another planet [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]].
* The Patch tribe in ''[[Shaman King]]''. Possibly [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that they seem to play to the trope to disguise their status as the keepers of the Great Spirit. See: the Authentic Patch Hand-Crafted [insert noun here].
* Tatanka from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' sports war paint whenever he's on the field. He also wears his long hair in a braid.]]
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* Lula in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Elses War]]'', which is particularly odd because she's not Native American, but East African.
== [[Live
* Both played straight and subverted in ''[[Wonderfalls]]''.
* Joe Saugus from Season 3 of ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]''.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|
== [[Music]] ==
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* So is [http://www.redvinyl.com/ Litefoot]. He is Tsalagi and very particular about his image.
* [[Neil Young]] wore buckskins, seedbead ornaments, and bone hairpipe choker necklaces while in the Buffalo Springfield.
== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ==
* One of [[George Carlin]]'s routines was the "Indian [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant]]," reprimanding warriors because their hair wasn't long enough and they weren't wearing enough beads. This was during the time when hippies and members of the anti-war movement often wore "love beads."
== [[Toys]] ==
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* Cernd from ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' wears this kind of getup, judging by his portrait. Considering he's comes from Amn ([[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] to Spain) and is supposed to represent a druid (a [[Nature Hero]] archetype originating from Celtic mythology), it... Makes no sense whatsoever.
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* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', the Cahuilla Indian [[
* ''[[Nahast: Lands of Strife]]'' contains a few minor examples, most notably on Xu're.
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* Apache Chief of the ''[[Superfriends]]'' goes out of his way to [[Captain Geographic|match all]] Native American stereotypes, including the way he talks.
* The Martians in ''[[Futurama]]'' are [[Space Jews]] of Native Americans and wear the stereotypical oufits.
* The Water Tribes in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' and [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' are the [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of [[
* Ruffled Feather (who spoke only gibberish voiced by Sandy Becker) and Running Board from Leonardo's ''Go Go Gophers''. The last two members of the Gopher Indian tribe, they wore feathers and blankets in stereotypical fashion. So did Super Chief and Broken Feather of the Mattel-derived "educational" cartoon ''The Funny Company''. Very educational.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: Long hair is often considered masculine among Native American and First Nations cultures,<ref>Which made the forced cutting of boys' hair at Canadian residential schools in the 19th and 20th centuries that much more heinous an act.</ref> especially in the US Southwest
* Occasionally non-Native Americans who take on a Native American identity
** One example is Grey Owl, a famous Canadian nature conservationist of the 1920s and 1930s, who was actually an Englishman named Archie Belaney. He moved to Canada when he was 18 to study at a university in Toronto, but soon dropped out, moved to the woods, and assumed a First Nations identity. Grey Owl once did a lecture tour of the UK he dressed in traditional First Nations' garb and many people were not aware that their country was actually the place he was born and raised.
*** Another famous example is Iron Eyes Cody, the star of [[Crying Indian|the famous 1970s anti-littering PSA]] and countless movies, who was actually an Italian-American named Espera de Corti.
*** [[Neil Young]] dressed this way in [[Buffalo Springfield]]. Despite his physical appearance, and his music reflecting Native history and ideas, he says family research did not find Native ancestry.
*** Ward Churchill, professor, who famously called those who were killed in the 9/11/01 attack "Little Eichmans" falsely claimed to be Native American.
* A lot of Southwestern Native Americans actually have very specific traditional dress, especially hair. Navajos wear their hair in a figure-8 bun wrapped with yarn, called a ''tsiyeeł'' (the ł is the ll from Welsh); Hopis cut their bangs (fringe) straight across and girls wore their hair up or down depending on their marital status; and Apaches, though practicing a similar religion to the Navajos, wear their hair down. Navajos also traditionally wear white puttee over the tops of their moccasins, which were always very simple and had thick, hardened leather soles. Silver and turquoise jewelry, and traditional blankets worn as cloaks, are also part of traditional dress for most Southwestern groups, since they're a sign of wealth and status.
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