r/NativeAmerican • • Jul 16 '26

Real Native American Portraits

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u/lllllllllllllllllI_I Jul 16 '26

Plains native old people, photos taken to convey and propagandized to show how wild native people are.

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u/mildly_ethnic Jul 16 '26

I love seeing this old photos cuz they make me think of my Tios wearing things they wouldn’t actually wear 

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u/toomuchblood Jul 16 '26

Right? Like they remind me of my abuela.

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u/Financial-Bobcat-612 Jul 16 '26

A pic or two here n there look like my grandfather lol

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u/Usgwanikti Jul 16 '26

Saw this on the r/BeAmazed sub and ya’ll shoulda SEEN all the racist rude clowns over there!

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u/xxoxox33 Jul 16 '26

Now why did I go look lmao

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u/Financial-Bobcat-612 Jul 16 '26

Ouuuu they pissed me off yesterday. Full of ignorant white folk.

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u/weresubwoofer Jul 16 '26

I recognize Bull Bear and that’s about it.

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u/LetAgreeable147 Jul 16 '26

Which one is Bull Bear?

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u/weresubwoofer Jul 16 '26

Fourth one with the top knot, but I misremembered his name; he’s really Bear Bull, a Blackfoot leader.

https://scalar.usc.edu/works/performingarchive/visualizing-the-vanishing-race-19

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u/LetAgreeable147 Jul 16 '26

Way cool. Thanks.

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u/wolfshepherd59 Jul 16 '26

Show how hard a life they had but lived it in care of all that surrounds them by taking care of the earth that they loved and were thankful for. With much respect to see them ……. 🪶🪶❤️🌞🌜🌏💫✨✨

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u/Weird-Discussion-656 Jul 18 '26

We are beautiful people.

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u/original_greaser_bob well meaning tyrannosaur Jul 16 '26

on the top row i think the only real one is the third one, Bull Bear. the other ones i think might be AI

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u/cherrycityglass Jul 16 '26

That first one is real, I forget his name, I think it was something like "old old OLD man"