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john's heritage
S5E4 "Spin The Choice"
My people once owned what is now central and southern Texas. Our land was taken from us by the white man.
- John Redcorn
According to many expensive books I studied at the bookstore the Anasazi tribe from this region celebrated their most festive occasions by eating the body of their enemies.
- Bobby Hill
Any cultural anthropologist will tell you that the Anasazi tribe last practiced cannibalism over 700 years ago!
- John Redcorn
“Anasazi” is an outdated/offensive term for what is known as the Pueblo people. It is likely that he is part of the Tiguas, “the only Pueblo in the State of Texas”. The Tigua also have fought their own battle with Texas to operate the Speaking Rock Casino in El Paso, which viewers can see reflected in the episode Redcorn Gambles With His Future where John gets his Casino shut down by Texas.
You know, this land once belonged to the Caddo tribe?
- Season 8, Episode 12 "Vision Quest"
According to the above referenced episode, John may also have Caddo heritage, which the show writers may have gotten from the most google-able Redcorn being a Caddo artist named Jeri Redcorn.
The main inconsistency is that the land that John is trying to reclaim (land back!) is not where the Pueblo people historically occupied. Any cultural/historical inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the show can be explained by John not knowing all thefacts about his ancestry, as most non-white people in the USA may find it difficult to trace everything especially with 90's technological limitations. John Redcorn may be of mixed ancestry, and only choosing to tell Bobby about the Pueblo part of his heritage. And the show was mostly written by non Native American people, and created by a white guy.
The Buffalo Headdress (War Bonnet)
American Bison are also called buffalo by many North Americans, and as such these terms will be used interchangeably on this page.