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Essay / Stereotypes of Mohican Ironworkers - 713
This idea that Indians are "uncivilized" comes from many different things, from the fact that their culture and way of life did not coincide with Western values and the idea of the “noble savage”, in particular of the “savage”. " part. In the video, one of the Brooklyn residents said that people "thought [Indians] were scalpers and not very nice people", which shows that Indians were seen as less moral and n They didn't have a set of rules like most "civilized" societies (To Brooklyn and Back). The fact that Native Americans helped construct steel buildings in an urban area negates the idea that Native Americans are. less “civilized” because they contributed to the achievement of something that Western culture approves of and considers to be very important.