Stereotype of the Year loser
Nunes:  Illini were "superstitious lot" of "handsome creatures"

Stereotype of the Year dishonorable mention
Indian societies practiced misogyny, torture, and cannibalism

December 2007

NHL implies Ojibwa player Simon is a drug or alcohol abuser Lego Western Chess has chief, squaw, and totem-pole pieces Kuzco expects god to bow to him in Emperor's New School Ship's crest "honors" Indians with sword, compass, and trident Indian societies practiced misogyny, torture, and cannibalism Dancing Mesoamericans ask if whites are kings in Kahlua ad Kid Nation:  Wise Pueblo Indians live in teepees in wilderness Police assume teen wearing Warchief t-shirt is a gang member Jury convicts man because drunk Indians get "wild or violent"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

November 2007

New Ager uses sage, crystals, chants to give water "energy" N. Carolina Cherokee man dressed as Plains chief for tourists Fire chief given headdress with black feathers for "bad guys" Aztecs game cover shows scantily-clad woman wielding axes Pastor:  Native dancing "is incongruent with" Christian worship Yu'pik girl's testimony reminds Limbaugh of crying Iron Eyes Mock wedding held between Oklahoma and Indian territories "Shaman" uses "energy medicine" to heal plants at a distance Corrupt Minn. politicians granted tax-free monopoly to tribes

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

October 2007

Minn. shock jocks:  Indian youth suicide is caused by incest Seminoles' black helmets imply Indians were spearchuckers Kay:  Reserves are "bastions of...decrepitude" and "hellholes" Gaming was supposed to eliminate federal support but hasn't Councilman:  Eastern Cherokee are "isolated special interest" Indian women are "squaws," sex objects in YouTube videos eBay auctions Red Indian girl, squaw, Pocahontas costumes AL baseball headline:  "Indians scalp Red Sox to even series" Modern society is "objectively" superior to Stone Age culture The "Two Coreys" enter a sweat lodge to cure their smoking

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

September 2007

Indians are "victims" of the past, not "self-sufficient individuals" Electric smoker's logo depicts little chief in front of a teepee Indian Restaurant waitresses dress like sexy Indian maidens Medved:  Reject the lie of white "genocide" against Natives Man who angers Mohawks is "in danger of being eaten alive" "Haunted Hayride" billboard features screaming Indian savage Benson cartoon shows arrows, hatchet assaulting Gonzales "Red niggers" spend govt. checks while clutching crack babies Indians howl like "a thousand devils" in JONAH HEX #23 Indians are poor because of "dependence on federal money"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

July-August 2007

Titus video:  Indians like whiskey, cry over litter, run casinos NY Post headline calls Al Qaeda outpost "Indian Country" Car owners join Pembina "band" to avoid taxes, registration Town seal of Massapoisett, Mass., features Plains-style chief Tribes say okay to drugs, don't pay taxes, don't have to work Native religion equated with magic, astrology, human sacrifice Column:  Rez-based tribal businesses lack sovereign immunity Cancún hotel thinks Menchu is street person, tries to eject her Savage Indian killer butchers his foes in HORSEMAN comic Scam:  Kaweah "tribe" sells memberships to illegal immigrants Savage Indian killer slaughters his foes in RIPCLAW comic TV's Wife Swap:  Indians "only work a couple of hours a day" Mittell:  "Indian-only gaming really amounts to a perfect Mafia" Canadian play labels murderer, hostage-takers "Red Indians" Native fiction doesn't exist because Indians didn't write novels NPR:  Anasazi "disappeared" because they "could not adapt" Ex-"Cherokee" heading W. Va. Monacans seeks recognition "Eskimos" ride horses, "Navajos" paddle canoes at kid camp Waterman:  Tribes get privileges "simply by accident of birth"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

June 2007

Navajo culture "frozen" because kids can't locate Pittsburgh Native "wise men" were Druids fleeing Christian persecution "Greedy" tribal "bosses" disenroll members to increase "vig" Satire:  Chief "Running Tab" wants scalps to pay for illegals Giago:  Poor tribes are the victims of the rich tribes' success DSL commercial shows Plains Indians attacking stagecoach Nunes:  Illini were "superstitious lot" of "handsome creatures"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

May 2007

Bury My Heart blames Indians for Army attacks, massacres Rich Calif. tribes revise their compacts at poor tribes' expense Helin:  "Indian industry" exploits aboriginals, keeps them poor Pope:  Church didn't alienate Natives, impose foreign culture Indians practicing cannibalism and torture dominated America Indians invent "mythology" about "holocaust" around campfire Apache "shaman" claims Lakota initiation, teaches prophecies Gallup bar displays "Wanted" poster with Geronimo shackled

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

April 2007

Zack and Cody dress as Plains Indians for Boston Tea Party Morongo ads tout compacts, don't mention gaming or casinos Virginia Tech shooting was worse than massacres of Indians College plans to offer diploma in shamanic studies for nurses Verdun:  Native "immigrants" merely existed, had no farming Hapless Indians need white boy to save them in Pathfinder Disney's Peter Pan:  Spanish version talks of killing Indians NCAA gets Muzzle award for trying to ban Indian mascots Anti-gaming ad shows red stain spreading across the country CSI: Miami:  Victims are scalped, stabbed in eye by Indians OMEGA FLIGHT:  Sexy young woman becomes a shaman Canadian manual:  "Radical" Native organizations = insurgents

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

March 2007

Toppenish mayor:  Yakama tribal members don't pay taxes Maine lawmakers:  "Indians are lazy and want a free ride" Berry:  Stop "giving welfare" to Indians; "we conquered them" Butcher:  Indians had "limited vocabulary," relied on signing Leno:  Indian trackers have opened 13 casinos in Afghanistan Cooper:  Calif. gaming tribes act like "rapacious" corporations Kids make tomahawks and throw them at Mass. Indian fair Baroness labels Bushmen as "stone age," "primitive" on BBC

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

February 2007

Natives in Warchiefs game dance around a fire to gain power Illiniwek activists are part of a "powerful grievance industry" NY Post:  Mohawks are "gangsters," "corrupt folks," "crooks" "White Buffalo" of "The People's Nation" claims dead hawks Lakota "chief" performs "holistic healing" ceremonies for $65 "Cruel Adversity" mural shows Indians burning settlers' home Illinois burial mounds sign depicts a 19th-century Plains Indian Environmental impact report says Calif. tribe of 740 is "extinct" Navajos haven't joined "modern society," are "very backward" WSJ:  Tribal sovereignty is "little-known quirk of federal law"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

January 2007

Tenn. school's Chief Win-Em-All, "Reservation" are "history" Salvation Army:  Tribal IDs are less valid than drivers' licenses Capitol One ad shows primitive natives about to boil tourists N.C. shopkeeper Eagle claims to be "ordained shaman," chief Palestinians dress like faux Indians to protest Israeli oppression Sports DJ on NCAA:  "Paleface know what best for redskin?" "Navajo" project promotes well-being among gays, bisexuals Butcher calls Indian lawmaker "chief" and gavel a "war club" SCALPED portrays Lakota as criminals, thugs, and lowlifes

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

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