History Main / BraidsBeadsandBuckskins

** Also, all of the outfits worn by characters in the game are authentic Mohawk, as opposed to the mismatch of tribes expected from this trope, and Ubisoft worked closely with several native cultural consultants to make sure to avoid unfortunate stereotypes once they realized that they were all "esentially a bunch of middle-aged white guys".

* All the Indians in ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasGoldenFilms'' dressed like this.

** Music/NeilYoung dressed this way in Buffalo Springfield. Despite his physical appearance, and his music reflecting Native history and ideas, he says family research did not find Native ancestry. But he has played with a lot of Native musicians and he was adopted by the Muckleshoot tribe of Washington State. More recently he and Creator/WillieNelson were [[http://boldnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/09/honoring-e1411934583632.jpg invested with sacred buffalo robes]] by elders of the Lakotah, Ponca and Omaha nations. This is an ''extremely'' high honor, bestowed on them for [[https://www.popularresistance.org/neil-young-on-climate-change-cowboy-indian-alliance/ their work]] in [[http://rejectandprotect.org/ opposing]] [[http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/14/cowboys-and-indians-stand-together-against-keystone-xl/ the Keystone Pipeline.]] (Note lots of Native people wearing traditional clothing and jewelry in these pictures.)

** One of the most notorious examples of a non-Indian pretending to be one and employing many of the standard "Indian" tropes was Forrest Asa Carter, author of ''The Education of Little Tree''. The book was [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie a complete fabrication]] passing itself off as autobiography. Carter was a member of the KKK and had been George Wallace's speechwriter, giving the world the "segregation now, segregation forever" speech. [[http://www.radiodiaries.org/seeing-the-forrest-through-the-little-trees/ ''Radio Diaries'' revealed many details of Carter's life in this podcast]].

* Subverted in ''PigsInHeaven'': When a white character tells a Cherokee woman that she wears nice handmade moccasins, she replies she bought them from a hippie store in Denver, since everyone in her part of Oklahoma actually wears boots.

* Most if not all Indian tribes in ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' follow the same pattern: ugly totem poles, loincloths, adjective-animal names, teepees and raindancing shamans. Of course, it was never meant to be taken seriously. Though there is the occasional subversion, like when a traveller tries to pull off the "shiny glass beads for trade" trick, the chieftain merely says "[[DarkestAfrica the paleface is thinking of the wrong continent]]".

* Averted In the ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' fic [[http://www.tbillingsemergencyfanfic.com/eyeofthebeholderpart1.htm "Eye of the Beholder"]] and others in the series. Chet Kelly makes a crack about John Gage's fiance not wearing buckskins when John shows the guys her picture, and John replies that he and she have them but they're only for special occasions. John does wear his for his naming ceremony in the previous fic, [[http://www.tbillingsemergencyfanfic.com/returnpart1.htm "Return"]], but is rather embarrassed with how he looks, especially when Roy takes a picture. They also show up during the native wedding ceremony in [[http://www.tbillingsemergencyfanfic.com/christmasinlamedeerpart1.htm "Christmas in Lame Deer",]]

*** Note that he was fired from his position at the university for fabricating research about all kinds of alleged genocidal acts committed against Native Americans by the US government. (That's not to say such things never happened, only that he grossly exaggerated some of them or outright invented them.) The irony would be pretty rich if it turned out the guy claiming to be an advocate for Native Americans is really an impostor who co-opted their culture for his own gain. However, Some Native activists, notably John Trudell (Santee), believed Churchill and respected his work.

* Creator/TimMcGraw's song "Indian Outlaw" mentions several tribes, and then describes practices and accouterments that don't belong to any of them.

* Zig-zagged in RimWorld, where all tribespeople wear either 'tribalwear' or just trousers, and is always made from some kind of natural material, be it deerskin to alpaca wool, but you can end up making the same items from sythread (an artificial material produced by machines) and you can end up having tribespeople in your colony wearing button down shirts and parkas.

While aspects of these outfits are TruthInTelevision for some tribes, [[ErmineCapeEffect some of the time,]][[note]]Large amounts of beading and jewelry for example is reserved for special occasions.[[/note]] North America is a big place, with a great deal of variation between Native cultures. Plus these aspects are occasionally applied to Native cultures outside of the US, leading to confusion as to why indigenous people in Peru are wearing buckskin. But since most writers are mainly concerned with making money and don't want to be bothered with research, the common portrayal fails to capture this wide variety. Many tribes' traditional outfits look nothing like the stereotype.

* Chief War Cloud and Princess Little Cloud in the original Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Hollywood and Championship Wrestling From Florida, though they were part of a tribe in Mexico.

* Averted by India Sioux, the one who around [[Wrestling/{{CMLL}} EMLL]] in the 1970s [[LegacyCharacter and]] the one in the 2000s for [[Wrestling/DragonGate Toryumon Mexico]] both. They wore leather, tights and has fairly short non braided hair. Played straighter by the Apaches, seen around the same areas and Wrestling/{{AAA}}, who wear feathers.

-->''"[[TontoTalk How ... how]] [[UnfortunateImplications could you think this was a good idea?]]"''

* Chief Thunder, a character out of the ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' series, had this motif. His initial appearance was rather plain with just a mohawk and plain pants, but his 2013 redesign did him far more justice without being as hilariously offensive.

* The "redskins" (Native...somethings, we can go with Americans) from ''PeterPan'' wear feathers in their hair, say "How", and well...any racist stereotype of Native Americans you can think of. In [[Disney/PeterPan Disney's adaptation]], they even sing a song titled "What Made The Red Man Red?" that [[OldShame Disney would rather not discuss]]. As cringey as the depiction may be to modern readers, it may actually be justified InUniverse, as Neverland is the world of imagination. Neverland's "Red Indians" are the kind imagined by small children who like stories about InjunCountry, complete with a Pocahontas-esque IndianMaiden named Princess Tiger Lily. Not to mention that the source material was written in England during TheEdwardianEra, so some ValuesDissonance is to be expected.

* The "redskins" (Native... somethings, we can go with Americans) from ''PeterPan'' wear feathers in their hair, say "How", and well... any racist stereotype of Native Americans you can think of. In [[Disney/PeterPan Disney's adaptation]], they even sing a song titled "What Made The Red Man Red?" that [[OldShame Disney would rather not discuss]]. As cringey as the depiction may be to modern readers, it may actually be justified InUniverse, as Neverland is the world of imagination. Neverland's "Red Indians" are the kind imagined by small children who like stories about InjunCountry, complete with a Pocahontas-esque IndianMaiden named Princess Tiger Lily. Not to mention that the source material was written in England during TheEdwardianEra, so some ValuesDissonance is to be expected.

* The [[ValuesDissonance Red Skins]] (Native... somethings, we can go with Americans) from ''PeterPan'' wear feathers in their hair, say "How," and well... any racist stereotype of Native Americans you can think of. In the Disney film version, they even have a song called "What makes the Red man red?" that [[OldShame Disney would rather not discuss.]]
** Somewhat justified, as Neverland is the world of imagination. The Red Indians of Peter Pan are the kind imagined by small children who like stories about Red Indians, complete with an Expy of Pocahontas called Princess Tiger Lily.
** Not to mention the source material being written [[SocietyMarchesOn in England in 1904]].

Stereotypes who wear this outfit include the MagicalNativeAmerican and TheSavageIndian. Compare CultureEqualsCostume. Related to HollywoodNatives and TontoTalk.