... Quickly and unambiguously recognizable in war paint and breechclout, astride his pinto pony, the Indian became the necessary fall guy for the hero; the impediment to progress overcome by the settlers, and finally on an emotional level, the repository of all those age-old, western European bugaboos - irrationality, bestiality, savagism. The American Indian became the ultimate Hollywood stereotype " easily understood and emotionally necessary " ... Donna Reed all played as Indian women in the few roles Indian women were portrayed in. Even box-office giants like Rock Hudson, Elvis Prestley, ...

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