tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post117033924718111127..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: If the Aztecs conquered EuropeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1170502652872401092007-02-03T03:37:00.000-08:002007-02-03T03:37:00.000-08:00Fans love Indian mascots and Mel Gibson makes Apoc...Fans love Indian mascots and Mel Gibson makes <I>Apocalypto</I> movies because they don't know about Cahokia or the Iroquois League or the Maritime Archaic culture. What's so hard to understand about that?<BR/><BR/>Everything I write about on this site is connected or I wouldn't be writing about it. See <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/ccnmp00.htm" REL="nofollow">Culture and Comics Need Multicultural Perspective 2000</A> and <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/whyna.htm" REL="nofollow">Why Write About Native Americans?</A> for some of my statements about <I>how</I> things are connected.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to catch a repeat of the <I>Nova</I> episode on my TiVo. If I can't, I may take you up on your tape offer.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1170414952742518662007-02-02T03:15:00.000-08:002007-02-02T03:15:00.000-08:00I hadn't heard of the "Red Paint People," so I Goo...I hadn't heard of the "Red Paint People," so I Googled them. Neither the <A HREF="http://www.usm.maine.edu/gany/webaa" REL="nofollow">top site</A> nor <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Paint_People" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A> mentions any voyages to Europe. If such voyages did occur, they were more likely to be exploratory or trade missions than an "invasion."<BR/><BR/>In any case, it's more proof that Native cultures were far more sophisticated than we give them credit for. Which makes portrayals such as those in <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/apclypto.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>Apocalypto</I></A> all the more wrong and stereotypical.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, "The Art of Smoking Mirror" looks fascinating. Since it's here in LA, I'll see it and report on it eventually. I hope to talk with the artist and get an exhibit catalog of it, or perhaps a copy of the graphic novel in progress.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com