Cowboys in the early 1960's

[Bretrick]

Does anyone recall how cowboys were all the rage in the 60's?
Cowboy and Indian outfits were also in the shops.
There were many TV series and movies.
James Stewart, John Wayne, Charles Bronson, Gary Cooper.

The native Americans (called Indians in them thar days) were always evil.
The Lone Ranger was the one I remember best.
I had a lot of colouring books with cowboys in them.
I'm sure there are modern Cowboy Movies being made they they get scant advertising

 

[Paco Dennis]

It was accepted and entertaining to hate and kill the red man in the 50's and 60's. It was/is an ignorant way to teach racism and promote dehumanizing values. When I was young, I thought it was normal and even heroic to hate Indians. To this day I find it very bewildering that it was so popular.