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That copper-colored aborigine was pretty emphatic about being called Chief Wolf Tooth when he was introduced to Mayor LaGuardia as "Mr. Hawks." I overheard it because I was sitting just behind the two, where, incidentally, I shamelessly eavesdropped their entire conversation. Wolf Tooth explained that he had graduated from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 16, 1938 | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

A portrayal of the appearance and garb of inhabitants of far-off lands is given on a pack of 18th century French "educational" cards. The artist's conception of the American aborigine is a dusky savage dressed in skins with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3400 Rare Playing Cards Presented to University in Thorndike Collection | 2/20/1936 | See Source »

"The native tribes of New Guinea are in an unusually low state of civilization" declared Putnam. "In dealing with the average type of native, the African for example a man may court the favor of the tribal chief by the judicious bestowal of a few trinkets which may take his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peabody Museum Explorer Tells of Peculiar Dietetics of New Guinea Natives--Papuans Are Linguistically Isolated | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

Back in the middle of the eighteenth century as historians tell us to satisfy the unscrupulous ambition of a European ruler, redskins sealped one another on the shores of the Great Lakes. The day of the Indian is past, but the inhabitants of America are still quarreling over matters about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOME-MADE PROPAGANDA | 3/3/1921 | See Source »

A valuable collection of aborigine utensils and implements from Dutch New Guinea has recently been presented to the Peabody Museum by Mr. Thomas Barbour 1G., who acquired the objects on a recent trip to the East, and who has also brought back numerous zoological specimens for the University Museum.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valuable Gift for Peabody Museum. | 11/18/1907 | See Source »

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