Because We Haven't Mentioned Iron Eyes Cody In Many Moons

Reason's own Jesse Walker dries the tear of America's most famous fake Indian (no, not F-Troop's NY-born Frank DeKova or Seattle's chief namesake) and takes the measurements of The 70s Dimension, a period when Starsky & Hutch bestrode the small-screen like a double-exposure double-Baretta, Mohammed Ali punched to celebrate the power of reading, and Wonder Bread pitched itself as the stuff of the "rich and fabulous people."

Comments

[celtlion]

A link to the story please!..and yes, I know I can hit the back button and find it but this is still America damnit! 🙂

[Jesse Walker]

A link to the story please!

It's there -- click on "The 70s Dimension."

[celtlion]

oops..sorry bout that 🙂

[johngo]

Nick - Shame on you, America's most famous fake indian is the old Atlanta Braves mascot, Chief Nakahoma

[Thank you, come again!]

I thought America's most famous fake Indian was Apu.

[Jim Murphy]

Excellent review....but for God's sake spell the name of the greatest heavyweight boxer to ever step into the ring correctly already...it's MUHAMMAD Ali....

[Jim Murphy]

And while we're on the subject of fake Indians, let me nominate pro wrestling's Chief Jay Strongbow...given name Joseph Scarpa...

[Jim Murphy]

And while we're on the subject of fake Indians, let me nominate pro wrestling's Chief Jay Strongbow...given name Joseph Scarpa...

[Warren]

As one old enough to remember the 70's I can tell you that at the time, the 50's were getting the nostalgic white-wash (clean but cool, just like Fonzi), and the 60's were still fresh enough to be remembered, primarily as a time of cultural revolution. So by comparison, the youth of the 70's, who weren't busy inventing rock & roll, marching for civil-rights, protesting a war or dropping acid, seemed lame. In 1980 the 70's were referred to as "a gallstone of a decade".

[Yankees Fan]

Let's not forget Cleveland's lamentable but still guffaw-inducing, shit-eating-grin-visaged Chief Wahoo. Cleveland Rocks! (not)

[V Moose]

"thanks" yankees fan. 🙂

lemme guess. you're gonna be like the massholes and start listing off all the titles the yanks have won...

full disclosure: in 1996 (did the yanks eliminate boston that year?) or sometime in the mid to late 90s, i watched two chest thumpers from NY and BOS go at it about the baseball playoffs. and the BOS person threw out the celtics. go figure.

(please don't name all the titles: that'll take a fucking long time! how many is it? 25? damn. impressive!)

and what about "From the Land of Sky Blue Waters"

cheers!
Viking Moose.

[Drew W]

My favorite fake Indian is still Ward Churchill.

[Jesse Walker]

for God's sake spell the name of the greatest heavyweight boxer to ever step into the ring correctly already...it's MUHAMMAD Ali....

Typo fixed. Thanks.

[mediageek]

My favorite fake Indian is still Ward Churchill.

LOL!

Clicky!

[Xboy]

So Chief Seattle wasn't an Indian?