Nebraska isn't big on political correctness. This is part of an exhibit at Fort Cody celebrating the subjugation of the native people:

I don't know what to make of this, the people depicted didn't do well at preserving their freedoms so it may be mocking the present day Department of Homeland Security.

Indians are really just a sideshow at the fort anyway, it's not wooden figures that pull passers-by in from the highway. This is the real draw, this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the two headed calf:

I liked Fort Cody, the overt racism and the absence of subtlety inherent in a freak show was of another time. It's a proper museum alright, just not a proper museum of the subject presented.
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