Stereotype of the Year loser
"Natives were content with a...simple, animallike existence"

Stereotype of the Year dishonorable mention
"Noble Savage Indianism" is Indians' "fantasy group heritage"

December 2005

Players must kill Apaches to advance in Gun video game NY Post headline:  "Rangel's Wampum Linked to Scandal" Advice column calls Indians "savages," suggests "fire water" New World portrays nonexistent Pocahontas/Smith romance NY Post's New World review is headlined "Squaw Talent" Elias:  No one knows if Calif. Indian gaming is honest or not Hockey fans whoop, do tomahawk chops at Ojibwa coach Bizarro cartoon shows Indian chief dressed as Chief Justice "Inevitable influence peddling" goes with "disastrous" IGRA Kristof:  Paleo-Indians killed 3/4 of large animals in 400 years Numb3rs:  European skull threatens Indian land, casino rights

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

November 2005

Drawn Together:  Indians convert burial ground into casino Indian woman called "squaw, "running bear," "two feathers" Brooks's "Real Thanksgiving":  Massasoit wanted a casino U. of Florida cartoon:  NCAA scolds Gator killing Seminole Preschoolers make headbands, drums to learn about Indians "Noble Savage Indianism" is Indians' "fantasy group heritage" Mounties song:  Natives rob liquor stores, punch old ladies Kashechewan students throw dead animals and chew books Video game's Brave encounters redwoods, Wendigo, buffalo Tribes reap billions tax-free while collecting "taxpayer aid" Indians will use terrorist data to help themselves, not USA Student editorial:  "Canada has done enough for aboriginals" Ark. liquor store mural shows Indian with scalp, war club Mascot slogan ideas:  "Scalp the Indians," "Char the Chiefs"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

October 2005

"Lakota Way" remedy ad uses non-Natives in headdresses Judge:  Indian inmate wants feather for weapon or sex toy Tak video game implies Native beliefs are primitive "juju" Bizarro shows Eskimos in parkas building igloos like gerbils Agran labels tribes "salivating," gaming interests "relentless" "Natives were content with a...simple, animallike existence" Rabbit and Bear Paws stars wide-eyed waif, big dumb hulk Property advocate compares tribe to Japanese or Chinese Brevity:  Eskimos use many words because they can't spell

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

September 2005

Stewart:  "'Indian land' is any land...gaming tribes can buy" Survivor Guatemala contestants don feathers, "war paint" Bland:  Indians can check Census box, then open a casino Quechan Pres. Jackson:  "[R]ich, greedy tribes" block pacts Schwarzenegger:  "[T]he big tribes...control the legislators" Press Enterprise:  Casino tribes blocked gaming compacts Plaut:  Dunbar-Ortiz pretends to be an American Indian Willman:  Tribes batter communities like an abusive spouse Products named after Indians have "debasing depictions" Hip Shot cartoons depict Indians who scalp, do rain dance

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

August 2005

County commissioner compares Ore. tribe to Nazi regime Limbaugh calls Native Americans "injuns"—for the 4th time Indian names are an "honor" to some, a "tradition" to others "Anti-Indians" want to remove every Indian name in the US "Condescending" NCAA tells Indians what's best for them NCAA thinks "Seminoles" is stereotype, not actual name Mascots are "simply romantic, adulatory generalizations" Dobbs:  Mascot ruling is an "Orwellian exercise," "idiotic" NCAA decides for Indians "without their express consent" Indian casinos are a "racket," "scam," "obscene situation"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

July 2005

Indian curses town and raises the dead in DEAD WEST Pastor:  Sundancers = cultists who practice "witchcraft" Dennis the Menace shows Mitchells at "Navajo Ruins" Mural shows big white man selling liquor to small Indian Digest cartoon shows totem poles holding slot machines Tribes divvy up government loot and ignore Bill of Rights Mother Goose shows Plains chiefs greeting Columbus Swedish theme park features dinosaurs, pirates, Indians Politician:  Tribal officials make decisions at "campfires" Website tells kids how to construct an Indian headdress

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

June 2005

OUTLAW SQUAW stars generic buxom Indian beauty Tierney:  Federal bureaucracies caused Indians' downfall Online "poll" equates Indian gaming and off-rez casinos Tribes lived in "poverty, ignorance, and superstition" Gaming tribes operate as monarchies and buy legislators NCAA "Thought Police" are telling Indians what to think Fort Mohave "shaking down" PG&E with "bogus claims" Pocahontas promo:  "Paint your face/Pitch your tee pee" JC Penney sells belt with "Synthetic Crazy Horse Finish" W.Va.'s 4-H camps use stereotypical Indian references Into the West depicts Indians as noble, spiritual victims Columnist likens hiring enrolled Indians to screening Jews

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

May 2005

Mohawk students silenced for giving thanks to Creation Indian-themed restaurant has teepees, totem poles, cacti NY Times:  Tribes that lost BIA appeal are just "groups" Redskins "Piss on Dallas" decal features big-nosed Indian Sketchpad suggests drawing a caveman, witch, and squaw Pocahontas toy depicts princess, chief, teepees, weapons ANWR:  Foes live elsewhere; supporters are "corporate"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

April 2005

Leno names gay Indians "Skipping Bull," "Shopping Bear" Gaming tribes afflicted with greed, disunity, disenrollment Oklahomans celebrate Land Run, ignore theft from Indians "Indians were warriors" so Indian "holocaust" didn't occur Indians suffer "dependency"; genocide was a "coincidence" Canadians fear the Spirit Dance of "those damned Indians" "Washington Post on the Warpath" over Bush's silence Wolf:  Defenders of gaming don't talk about the disparities MLA Hines:  Natives "willing to prostitute themselves" Hughes on Indian casinos:  "Very few are Indian operated" Chief Illiniwek okay because he's derived from traditions "Butterfly dancer" ornaments portray Indians as fairies Derry:  Calif. tribes' "racial monopoly...must be eliminated" Colorado Gov. Owens:  "The natives are getting restless"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

March 2005

S.F. bar displays Native woman's teeth, calls her "squaw" "Self-segregated" Indians should "embrace assimilation" Cartoon:  Native with tracking guide can't spot murder clues Yeagley:  Lack of "warriors" to blame for Red Lake tragedy Mr. Boffo depicts Indians with teepees, feathered headbands Aymara Indians are "like children" and need "a strong hand" Reservations are "artificial enclaves with special privileges" "9-foot, muscle-bound" Indians intimidate Conn. reporter Mr. Boffo depicts Eskimos savoring subzero temperature Card shows chief admiring Little Miss Sunbeam as Indian

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

January-February 2005

Germain:  "Good aboriginal people [are] a small percentage" Williams's Oscar line:  "Pocahontas is addicted to craps" Benedict:  "[Indian] casinos are teaching people to kneel" Coulter:  Churchill should pack "teepee," hit "trail of tears" Columnist accuses Churchill of "Treason in the Teepee" Mr. Boffo portrays Eskimos using ice cubes to keep warm Casino tribes claim "there is nothing you can do to stop us" N.B. premier Lord doubts Maliseet politician pays taxes Bizarro depicts "Roadside Bear" with old-fashioned outfit FunPic features baby "Indians" roasting "explorer" in a pot Postcard sequence:  caveman, indigenous man, modern man

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

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