Horned Rioter
The author of the article "The Capitol Rioter Dressed Up as a Native American Is Part of a Long Cultural History of ‘Playing Indian.’ We Ignore It at Our Peril" Joseph Pierce is a writer that has worked on several political pieces, mostly revolving around Native Americans and their culture. Pierce himself is of the Cherokee Nation and associate professor in the department of Hispanic languages and literature at Stony Brook University.
Pierce's writing style is mainly analytical. Pierce's writing is analytical when explaining how most imagery linked to Vikings actually comes from Native Americans such as "Viking imagery has been harnessed by white supremacists to reimagine the past" and "But don’t take my word for it. Ironically, Richard Wagner’s wife, Cosima, described the very costumes that are now credited with popularizing the image of the heroic horned Viking—from Wagner’s operatic ring cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen—as “reminiscent of Indian chieftains” and “ethnographic nonsense.” The horned helmet has no basis in actual Nordic culture, but does have precedence in Native American communities."
A lot of the evidence Pierce employs is either cited in text or is directly from his life as a Cherokee Native. Based on the in text citations and the anecdotal evidence I would say that this article is reliable, looking passed the obvious left-leaning bias.
My overall impression on the reliability on this article is fairly high. I would rather the bias be curbed a little bit but it is overall very well written.
Pierce, Joseph. “The Capitol Rioter Dressed Up as a Native American Is Part of a Long Cultural History of 'Playing Indian.' We Ignore It at Our Peril.” Artnet News, ArtNet, 18 Jan. 2021, news.artnet.com/opinion/native-capitol-rioter-1937684?fbclid=IwAR2gMIR8zQAdj8pyNVAoccELrhjKdafGMLPHSvjibZNcF6mJOwHJLmgqDB8.
This is a really well written piece that caught my attention from the beginning. One of my favorite parts about it was the amount of information that could be gained in such a short amount of time. There was so much information that was presented within those few paragraphs. One thing that I would of liked to know a little more about would be your opinion on the topic. Also could their have been any more information on Pierce?
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your piece about Pierce’s article. I really liked that you incorporated a good number of citations of the article. One of the things I really enjoyed was learning about the linking of Vikings comes from Native Americans. About Pierce, what kind of other articles has he written?
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