tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post115895606044408757..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Another cute li'l IndianRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1159220434823447642006-09-25T14:40:00.000-07:002006-09-25T14:40:00.000-07:00If you want to scan the pages and send them to me...If you want to scan the pages and send them to me, I'll appreciate it. I can create a page on my website for Little Hiawatha. My brief Web search didn't turn up any critical analyses of this feature, so I could have the definitive statement on how good or bad it was.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1159135246571917642006-09-24T15:00:00.000-07:002006-09-24T15:00:00.000-07:00Beyond the cartoon Hiawatha's stereotypical speech...Beyond the cartoon Hiawatha's stereotypical speech and Big Chief father, let's note his stereotypical clothing and the out-of-place totem poles. <BR/><BR/>To sum it up, we have an Iroquois Indian dressed like a Plains warrior with cultural artifacts from the Pacific Northwest. How much do you want to bet that the cartoon and comic strips are a lot more stereotypical than Don Markstein thinks they are?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1159134812204751002006-09-24T14:53:00.000-07:002006-09-24T14:53:00.000-07:00I wonder if Longfellow chose to write about Hiawat...I wonder if Longfellow chose to write about Hiawatha just because the name sounded soft, romantic...almost poetic. If Hiawatha had had a less euphonic name such as Massasoit, Chingachgook, Pontiac, or Keokuk, we might have been spared the entire epic.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1159128049513489502006-09-24T13:00:00.000-07:002006-09-24T13:00:00.000-07:00Correspondent Eulala Pegram sent me the following ...Correspondent Eulala Pegram sent me the following note:<BR/><BR/>The person cited in this article as the original Hiawatha was not. Longfellow's fictional Hiawatha was based on the original or first Hiawatha (Hahyonhwatha, "He who has misplaced something, but knows where to find it") of Iroquois fame (although I am not absolutely sure whether Longfellow tried to follow this man's history or just "borrowed" the name, as alleged by this author).<BR/><BR/>http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/iroquois.html<BR/><BR/>From the introduction of the wonderful League of the Iroquois document at this site: <BR/><BR/>"The founder of the Confederacy of the Five Nations is generally acknowledged to be Dekanawida, born near the Bay of Quinte, in southeastern Ontario, Canada. During his travels, he associated himself with a Mohawk tribal lord in what is now New York, and named him Hahyonhwatha (Hiawatha, 'He who has misplaced something, but knows where to find it,' quote marks added). Hiawatha left his family and friends, and joined Dekanawida in his travels, becoming his chief spokesman. One legend has it that Dekanawida, while brilliant, had a speech impediment, and depended on Hiawatha to do his public speaking for him. Together, they traveled the length and breadth of the lands on the south shores of Lakes Erie and Ontario, as well as the river to the sea, now known as the St. Lawrence. These were the homelands of tribes with a common heritage, but who had been warring with one another for many years. Dekanawida united them into a League of Nations that we now call the Iroquois League. Centuries later, Longfellow 'borrowed' the name of Hiawatha to be his hero in a fictional legend; there is no other connection between the two Hiawathas nor their stories."Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com