http://www.metafilter.com/tags/nativeameican Posts tagged with 'nativeameican' at MetaFilter. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:56:09 -0800 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:56:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72800/Charles%2DBird%2DKings%2DPortraits%2Dof%2DNative%2DAmericans "It's somewhat fitting that a man named <a href="http://lord-whimsy.livejournal.com/347271.html#cutid1">Char</a><a href="http://lord-whimsy.livejournal.com/347514.html#cutid1">les</a> <a href="http://lord-whimsy.livejournal.com/347882.html#cutid1">Bird</a> <a href="http://lord-whimsy.livejournal.com/348141.html#cutid1">King</a>--a name both eminently European yet vaguely Amerindian--would depict the natives of the American East (Creek, Crow, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Iowa, Fox, Winnebago, etc) at a time when there was a semblance of parity (parody of parity?) between the Old and New Worlds. This was expressed in the dress of natives as well as many whites who lived among them: European brass gorgets and artfully knotted cravats around the neck of a men with painted faces and feathers in their hair. The synthesis is breathtaking: both fierce and fey. It's a damn pity the European influence eventually crushed the Native--this could very well have become our national mode of dress." <a href="http://lord-whimsy.livejournal.com/">Lord Whimsy</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72800 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:56:09 -0800 charlesbirdking earlyameicanhistory indian nativeameican painting vronsky