And then there are paintings that depict Indians in a humanistic light, such as Charles Banks Wilson's "Seneca Thanksgiving Ceremony" in which a village of Senecas engage together in a peaceful, joyous gathering. I really liked Wilson's loose, illustrative style, and the attention to expressions. These people are happy, gentle, and reverent, fully clothed, and wholly unthreatening.
Robert Henri's "Gregorita" and Frank Tenney Johnson's "Pueblo Girl" depict the docile Native American female, young, exotic, and modest. Though these artists treat their native subjects with a kind of tenderness, there still seems to be an application of WASP-y morals and ideals.
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