tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1822884625926728371..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Comanche chairman justifies Tonto's stereotypesRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57182174434272647662018-04-15T09:00:03.159-07:002018-04-15T09:00:03.159-07:00Dutch Ethnologist Ten Kate recorded a Comanche Cro...Dutch Ethnologist Ten Kate recorded a Comanche Crow or Raven soldier society in 1885 while doing Fieldwork among the Numuunuu people. It coresponds with other Plains peoples crow or raven (owner) soldier societies (Lowie and Wissler). The Blackfeet - Siksika of Montanna and Alberta crow owner society's chief wore (according to Thomas Mails) a complete Raven on the head, It's wings were ornamented with quilled rawhide slats. Since most soldier societies among the Numuunuu were adopted from other plains peoples quite late in the 19th century we should take a look there. Alfred Kroeber depicts a headdress of a complete crow for the Arapaho, a people in close contact with the Numuunuu since the medicine lodge treaty in the late 1860's. It does not make Depp's costume look any better or more "Comanche" but denying that Raven/crow societies existed among the Numuunuu is also bending the truth and Raven headdresses existed on the southern plains. Lighten up ... It's just hollywood, the problem just get's bigger and more visible when more people start spreading half truths about it to make more of it than it actually is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com