History Main / InjunCountry

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* Similarly, British writer Creator/JTEdson wrote over a hundred potboiler western novels. It was only revealed after his death that the prolific authoer was a civil servant from Surrey who'd never visited North America in his lifetime.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E59AHundredYardsOverTheRim A Hundred Yards over the Rim]]", Charlie, a member of Chris Horn's wagon train in 1847, is worried about being attacked by the Apache as the expedition is approaching their territory.

An emerging variation can also be seen in present-day works set on modern native reservations, which are often shown as an awkward mix of lavish casinos and [[NeglectedRez abject poverty]]. The contrast has become fodder for comedy and satire, and also leading to new character types, such as opportunistic Indian hucksters dazzling gullible visitors with fake rituals and spurious wisdom.

* The trope was to a large extent first codified in the ''Literature/TheLeatherstockingTales'' by James Fenimore Cooper which stress how much the Indians - both [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality "heroic" and "villainous" ones]] are attuned to their environment. Although his writings may [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny not be to the tastes of many modern readers]], they were [[FairForItsDay very progressive for the time]] and earned Cooper a lot of hate e. g. from politicians who then set in motion the displacement of Native Americans from their home. The popularity of Creator/MarkTwain's attempt at literary patricide, [[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/indians/offense.html "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses,"]] did not help.

** Earlier than that were cartoons such as "Sioux Me," "SA Feather In His Hare," "Scalp Trouble" and the original "Injun Trouble" (the last two remade as "Slightly Daffy" and "Wagon Heels").

** Earlier than that were cartoons such as "Sioux Me," "Scalp Trouble," "A Feather In His Hare" and the original "Injun Trouble" (the last two remade as "Slightly Daffy" and "Wagon Heels").

* WesternAnimation/TomTerrific and Manfred travel back to the old west to help a prospector to the California gold rush in the story arc "Go West, Young Manfred." They're ambushed by Indians who take Manfred as their own after his wild dance of pain (from being grazed in the fanny by cacti).

** Earlier than that were cartoons such as "Sioux Me," "Scalp Trouble" and "Injun Trouble" (the last two remade as "Slightly Daffy" and "Wagon Heels").

* ''Series/ReservationDogs'' is a dramedy series mostly set on a [[TheRez Native reserve]] in rural Oklahoma.

An emerging variation can also be seen in present-day works set on modern native reservations, TheRez, which are often shown as an awkward mix of lavish casinos and abject poverty. The contrast has become fodder for comedy and satire, and also leading to new character types, such as opportunistic Indian hucksters dazzling gullible visitors with fake rituals and spurious wisdom.

A supertrope to TipisAndTotemPoles and TheRez. Depending on the work, may overlap with SettlingTheFrontier, TheWildWest, HollywoodNatives, TheSavageIndian, and MagicalNativeAmerican. For the Arctic equivalent, see EskimoLand.

Unlike other settings, there is no common physical aspect to this trope, as RealLife Indigenous Americans are diverse groups that have lived in a variety of places, such as the lush forests of the Northeast, the Appalachian Highlands, and UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest; the semi-arid flatlands of the Great Plains; and the deserts and intermontane plateaus of the west. Instead, Injun Country as used in media is a state of mind -- a place where the normal rules of the Civilized World do not apply, broached only by those daring enough to venture into the unknown.

Unlike other settings, there is no common physical aspect to this trope, as RealLife Indigenous Americans are diverse groups that have lived in a variety of places, such as the lush forests of the Appalachian Highlands and TheOtherRainforest, the semi-arid flatlands of the Great Plains, and the deserts and intermontane plateaus of the west. Instead, Injun Country as used in media is a state of mind -- a place where the normal rules of the Civilized World do not apply, broached only by those daring enough to venture into the unknown.

Unlike other settings, there is no common physical aspect to this trope, as RealLife Indigenous Americans are diverse groups that have lived in a variety of places, such as the lush forests of the Appalachian Highlands, the semi-arid flatlands of the Great Plains, and the Intermontane Plateaus of the west. Instead, Injun Country as used in media is a state of mind -- a place where the normal rules of the Civilized World do not apply, broached only by those daring enough to venture into the unknown.

A supertrope to TipisAndTotemPoles and TheRez. Depending on the work, may overlap with SettlingTheFrontier, TheWildWest, HollywoodNatives, TheSavageIndian, and MagicalNativeAmerican.

Today's portrayals of Injun Country have changed due to ValuesDissonance. While the landscape remains the same, frequently such revisionist works will depict the natives as earthy {{Noble Savage}}s or {{Magical Native American}}s who lived in an [[{{Arcadia}} Edenic utopia]] before the White Man's arrival tore it all down. Though the Natives usually remained a threat to the heroes, they also acknowledge the injustices of the settlers.