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| Found on page 3 of the 1995 Port Jervis yearbook is this student's drawing illustrating his ideas about "Indians." In addition to the bison, which is not commonly associated with the northeast where Port Jervis is found, and the wolf/canine shown on the same footing as the human subjects, the nearly naked "Indians" are obviously not contemporary and depict a "sneaky 'Indian'" with a tomahawk, a "warrior" preparing to release an arrow, a "Plains Chief," "peace pipe,"and "teepee." Like the bison, the latter items are not historically relevant to the Port Jervis area and reflect the student's level of understanding about historic and contemporary Indigenous peoples. |
