We can see this concept in a Native production, the opening sequence of Blackstone on APTN features a version of the rhyme as a song. That seems to be a tacit admission of a type of genocide, in which terrible events occur and innocent people die and somehow many of us, if not most of us, are somehow to blame. Just like the kid’s game, right? Some Natives took it all personally (as in the laughter, applause and inaccuracies) but you can NOT tell Andrew Jackson’s story without the killing and genocide.Īn interesting take on the premise of the book, movies and plays, is the original sin, “That each one of them has in some way caused the death of an innocent person and that justice had not been served in their cases,” reads the synopsis of the book by Christie. Whether they are doing the research, studying genocide and history, we don’t know, but they love to sing the song and act out the dying Indians. Look up this version of the song on YouTube and you will find community theatre groups all around the country doing their own versions and loving it. The most current manifestation is in Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rock and roll stage play, which actually mirrors Donald Trump’s rise and affection for Jackson.
It is so ingrained that people will get up, dance and sing to Ten Little Indians. She eloquently states the case, speaking of the remaining California Natives, “We have seen the end of the world.” Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hoopa, Yurok and Karuk) connects the genocide of California tribes to the zombie apocalypse. Are we the living or the dead? The living among the dead, the dead among the living? Native writer Dr.
There is actual literary discussion of the symbology of Natives and The Walking Dead. The most recent manifestation is a line dropped in the popular TV show, The Walking Dead, with the arrival of Tyreese and Sasha at the prison and Sasha describing the outside world as Ten Little Indians. Beverly Slapin offers an alternative book on her blog. They then find a replacement that does the job better. Books are often accepted and used in classrooms or at home and only later do teachers gain new information that stops them from using the book. Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman is an award-winning and best selling children’s book that is just bunnies dressed up as Ten Little Indians. One version that is ingrained in many children’s minds is the 1933 Disney cartoon Old King Cole from the Silly Symphony series, in which all of Storyland dances and war-whoops with the Ten Little Indians.ĭebbie Reese discusses the distorted context that is still published and is even sold at the National Museum of the American Indian on her blog. Agatha Christie’s book “Ten Little Indians” saw a number of incarnations, including a 1939 version titled “Ten Little Niggers,” released in England, and movie versions.
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