Copper-Colored Indigenous | Indian Red

Sep 23

I'm just going to throw this out there. Who are the copper-colored indigenous Americans?

Hmm, is this why indian red was discontinued?

Wow, so Crayola changed the name of their crayon color Indian red to chestnut because they did not want people to associate the crayon color with the skin color of the indigenous Americans.

At the request of educators worried that children (mistakenly) believed the name represented the skin color of Native Americans, Crayola changed the name of their crayon color Indian Red to Chestnut in 1999.^[4]

Check out this traditional song called Indian Red that is sung by the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans at their gatherings:

Madi cu defio, en dans dey, end dans day^[2]
Madi cu defio, en dans dey, end dans day

We are the Indians, Indians, Indians of the nation
The wild, wild creation
We won't bow down
Down on the ground
Oh how I love to hear him call Indian Red

I've got a Big Chief, Big Chief, Big Chief of the Nation
The wild, wild creation
He won't bow down
Down on the ground
Oh how I love to hear him call Indian Red