Stereotype of the Year loser
Golab:  "Sovereignty is a concept...that no longer works"

Stereotype of the Year dishonorable mention
OutKast dances in fringed, feathered outfits at Grammys

November-December 2004

Costume company sells "Indian princess" dress with spear Leanin' Tree's cards show romanticized pictures of Indians Cartoon portrays Rumsfeld as victim of arrows in his back Native-only casinos with holistic prizes would instill pride Yeagley:  "Tribes pop up" after promising locations found Bizarro shows Plains Indian and chief in Southwest desert Professor:  Indian students are "quiet," "slow to speak up" Bizarro shows Plains Indian and chief in Southwest desert Court upholds store owner calling aboriginals "kemosabe" "Casino Indians are...making fools of Indians everywhere" Pequots are "opportunists," not Indians regaining culture

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

October 2004

Thune ad equates Daschle voters (Indians) with prairie dogs British TV joke:  Native aroused by Crazy Horse dancers I-892 cartoon depicts Indian saying "keep 'um cigarette tax" Football video game shows fan wearing Chippewa regalia Mallard Fillmore implies Natives complain unnecessarily Pat Robertson claims that Indians are "not totally literate" Paris strip club with nude dancers named after Crazy Horse Indians' killing "parallels that of the Spanish Inquisition" Yeagley:  Conn. Indians are fake, Calif. Indians are greedy Schwarzenegger:  Indians full of "greed," "ripping us off" Adamson:  Natives don't revere nature more than rest of us

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

September 2004

Mattel debuts slender "Princess of the Navajo" Barbie doll Bauer:  Indian gaming's winners include "very few Indians" Yeagley:  NMAI promotes donors' "globalist, racist" vision Tribes "on the warpath to keep the posse away" from slots "Rational thought disappears" with Calif. "Redskins" bill Proposition 68 ad:  "When did Indian gaming go so wrong?" Canadian textbook implies Beothucks simply disappeared Tribes had no private property, need "proof of ownership" Sovereignty is a term "government likes to pull out of a hat" Claim:  Allowing Indian casinos as reparations = "hogwash" Scientist:  Mexican skulls prove Natives weren't here first Dayton budget solution:  Declare city is named after Indian

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

August 2004

Wooden Indian holds sign outside Pizza Schmizza store Tribal regulation = letting Yankees umpire their own games Online forum joke:  "Why didn't Indians scalp brunettes?" Totem Lumber sign portrays buck-toothed Indian maiden Republican Senate candidate says Cherokees aren't Indians Golab:  "Sovereignty is a concept...that no longer works" Tribal designations are "looser than...Vegas slot machines" An "international crime syndicate" is behind Indian casinos Disney Store sells Pocahontas costume with wig and fringe Bush at UNITY:  Tribal sovereignty is "given," not inherent Casino companies use tribes as "beards" or invent them Mostert claims untaxed Indians "are actually not citizens"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

July 2004

Indians have a "New Age disposition to...invent beliefs" Allan:  Chiefs should've known not to fight guns with bows LA Times article claims "Ramadi [Iraq] is Indian Country" Oregon newspaper headline:  "Making natives less restless" Thompson:  Tribes seek recognition for gaming..."period" Yeagley claims Conn. and Calif. "tribes" may not be Indian "Cowboy" takes arrow from "Indian" in lip-synch contest Bizarro shows Tonto and Toto as interchangeable sidekicks Indians get "countless freebies" from the federal government Sec'y Colin Powell sings "YMCA" with phony Indian chief

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

June 2004

Statue depicts topless woman with light skin and blue eyes Métis, Inuits = "coulda-beens, shoulda-beens, wanna-bes" Casino tribes are "coining new millionaires every month" Calif. should oppose gaming by "allegedly abused" tribes Amazon.com censors criticism of pseudo-shamanism books Young Ark. campers battle in "wars" based on Indian tribes Non Sequitur shows Eskimo with parka in kayak by igloo Miss USA dresses as scantily-clad chief in faux warbonnet Hillsboro Argus's anti-Indian editorial:  "Circle the wagons" Davis:  GOP would've won in SD except for Indian vote Tigua are an El Paso lawyer's "brilliant legislative creation"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

May 2004

Buffalo News:  Seneca Nation divided into rich and poor Chagnon:  Violent Mohawks shoot at crows when unhappy Herman depicts half-naked Indians in feathered headbands Yeagley:  Anglos "created America" and Indians "lost it" Pequots are about as Indian "as Camilla Parker Bowles" Illiniwek protesters are "malcontents" throwing "Tantrum" SF Chronicle headline:  "Skiing Squaw, Welfare Waif?" Fromson:  Indian casinos are a "hellish landscape of losers" "Many Sacramento politicians are knee deep in casino cash" "Bush Circles Wagons, But Cavalry Has Joined the Indians" N&O cartoon implies Lumbees seek recognition for gaming Smallville Indian attempts sacrifice in sacred burial ground Media portrays Kanehsatake Mohawks as feuding families State senator implies Natives aren't sincere about religion Romance novel features "devastatingly handsome" Indian

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

April 2004

Black Cloud features angry, drunk, and debauched Indians Limbaugh:  Giago "scalped" after "pow-wow" in "tee-pee" TV film shows Eastern Cherokees in tipis, hunting buffalo Giago:  BIA hands out federal recognition like diplomas Leech Lake series depicts "drug-and-alcohol-drenched lives" "Communal nature" of reserves destroys Indians' initiative "Get ready for the paving over of the southern Berkshires!" Town wants Indian-slayer statue with its "savages" plaque German "hobby Indians" say today's Indians aren't real Non Sequitur:  Hostile takeover = bow-and-arrow attack

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

March 2004

NY Times:  Most would-be tribes have emerged since 1988 Yeagley:  "Communism" rules over freedom on reservations FSU statue depicts black student in Plains Indian headdress Calif. tribes want "approval—read payoff" for sacred sites Miccosukees "in a new war with civilization—over water" "War drums," "ominous cloud" warn of "Indian massacre" Fox News:  "Wealthy Tribes Still Earn Federal Subsidies" Columnist gives himself "Indian name":  Rex Ten-Thumbs Tulsa-area high school hosts "Redskins for Christ" website Cartoon:  Teepees surround worried "Vanishing American" Priest defends abuse, says Yupiks "fairly loose" about sex Bridgeport mayor dons Indian headdress, tells casino joke Supervisor:  Chumash "are not real sophisticated people" Order of Red Men has Chiefs, Prophet, Pocahontas annex

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

February 2004

Golab:  Sovereignty is a "concept, not a reality. It's hooey" Prof. Thompson:  Indian gaming doesn't help most Natives Bizarro depicts igloos melting because of global warming Bizarro depicts "Big Chief Tablet," "Atlanta" brave, tipis Gilmore Girls:  "What the hell are the Eskimos thinking?" Pretty young "shaman" morphs into a wolf on Charmed Chief Homer Simpson gives Sacagawea to Lewis and Clark OutKast dances in fringed, feathered outfits at Grammys Even the East Hartford Moose Club could buy recognition Benedict:  Schaghticoke, Eastern Pequot tribes are "bogus" Courant:  "The state must stop this slot-machine tsunami" Cartoon shows men in suits doing a rain dance for money

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

January 2004

WILDE KNIGHT stars semi-nude Indian babe with wolf Vegas-based "sovereignties" deceive with "paint on the pig" Boulder police mistake sweat lodge for a "drunken party" Lopez:  "Pale-face" Davis chased campaign "wampum" Fromson:  Communities "prostitute" themselves for gaming Fromson:  Tribes are "fronts"; casinos will be "everywhere" Joan's dad thinks Indians will flay his skin, then run casino "Wolf Clan" seeks county "recognition" to develop village Tribal governments are "swimming in slot machine profits" Illiterates are a "herd of savages incapable of knowledge" Novak:  Indians stole the SD election by stuffing ballot boxes Gaming tribes are "shills" for their "corporate godfathers" Natives can "build a casino on virtually any...property" "Lady Hawk" teaches shamanism with drumming, totems

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

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