A few years ago, I learned that I was 1/4 Cherokee, although it was just this year that I even thought to learn more about that side of my heritage. As with most things in my life, I went to comics and cartoons for some sort of understanding. But as I thought about it, I wasn’t sure how many animated Native American characters were in existence since I only knew about a few. Thus, this list (as well as this new segment, Animated Race) was born. Today, we’ll list ten Native American animated characters, whether they are well-known or small-scale. Some characters are controversial, others were made to break down barriers, but all of them do some role in showing Native American faces on the small screen.
Apache Chief/Longshadow (The Justice League/Justice League: Unlimited)
John Redcorn (King of the Hill)
Pocahontas and tribe (Disney's Pocahontas) (Powhatan)
Marshall BraveStarr (BraveStarr)
Turok (Turok, Son of Stone)
Danielle Moonstar/Mirage (X-Men Evolution) (Cheyenne)
Dawnstar (Legion of Superheroes--no animated picture found) (Anasazi)
Princess TigerLily (Disney's Peter Pan)
Elisa Maza (Disney's Gargoyles) (1/2 Hopi or Zuni Native American, 1/2 African-American-Nigerian descent)
Silver Fox (X-Men Animated Series) (Canadian Blackfoot)
Brock Samson (The Venture Brothers) (1/4 Winnebago)
What are some of your favorite Native-American animate characters?
Thanks to blackcomixbook.com for the shoutout!
brock? really? also…what’s up with the ridiculously specific racial formulas? how/where did you find this???
Wikipedia, my good sister. Wikipedia.
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