Native Americans in popular culture

*Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund,* by Thomas Cole (1827) based on the 1826 novel *The Last of the Mohicans*

*The searchers* (1956) is about Ethan Edwards (played by John Wayne) who returns home to Texas after the end of the American Civil War, but when members of his brother's family are killed or abducted by Comanches, he vows to track down the surviving relatives and bring them home.

The portrayal of Indigenous people of the Americas in popular culture has oscillated between the fascination with the noble savage who lives in harmony with nature, and the stereotype of the uncivilized Red Indian of the traditional Western genre. The common depiction of American Indians and their relationship with European colonists has however changed over time.