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Stereotypes of Native Americans: Essays & Images
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Imagery & Stereotyping Explained
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How some people try to distance themselves from these images
Native Americans in Popular American Music
Part 2: Romance
Indian-Indian Romance
Early American songs with Native American subjects mostly promoted the Noble Savage stereotype, especially depicting the Indian as a part of America's pristine wilderness past (see part 1). Also held in mystique was the Euro-American notion of Indian-Indian romance. Many an Indian princess was wooed in the pristine wilderness of pre-colonial America by noble Chieftains in the early days of recorded music.
Silverheels (1905)
Silverheels (1905)lyrics
 Reed Bird (The Indian Bride) (1907)
Reed Bird (The Indian Bride) (1907)sound		 Red Wing (1907)
Red Wing (1907)lyrics		 Rainbow (1909)
Rainbow (1909)sound
version 1 | version 2		 Silver Bell (intermezzo) (1910)
Silver Bell (intermezzo) (1910)sound
Silver Bell (with lyrics) (1910)
Silver Bell (with lyrics) (1910)lyrics		 Pawnee Dear (1913)
Pawnee Dear (1913)lyrics		 My Little Red Feather (1916)
My Little Red Feather (1916)		 Snowbird (1916)
Snowbird (1916)lyrics		 1919_SM_Pretty_Little_Rainbow.html
Pretty Little Rainbow (1919)lyrics
Indian Moon (1919)
Indian Moon (1919)lyricssound		 Hiawatha's Melody of Love (1920)
Hiawatha's Melody of Love (1920)		 Wild Flower (1920)
Wild Flower (1920)lyrics		 Na-Jo (1921)
Na-Jo (1921)lyricssound		 Indian Love Call (1925)
Indian Love Call (1925)lyricssound
Waters of the Perkiomen (1925)
Waters of the Perkiomen (1925)lyrics		 Winona (1927)
Winona (1927)		 Redskin (1929)
Redskin (1929)lyricssound		 Cherokee (1938)
Cherokee (1938)		 Indian Love Call (1940)
Indian Love Call (1940)sound
 
Songs about Miscegenation
Far less common were songs about Indian-White romance. Only the 1909 tune "Wise Old Indian" carries any hint of Indian male-White female romance. Not surprisingly, the rest of the songs depict situations with Indian princesses in relationships with White men.
Arrah Wanna (1906)
Arrah Wanna (1906)lyricssound
 Napanee (1906)
Napanee (1906)lyrics		 Wise Old Indian (1909)
Wise Old Indian (1909)sound		 Rosie The Redskin (1938)
Rosie The Redskin (1938)lyrics		  
 
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