The nation’s ward
1885
Imagine Uncle Sam cheerfully spoon-feeding a giant, deadly snake labeled 'Apache Atrocities' while it coils around a terrified mother and child. A sign on the tree warns everyone to keep their hands off 'Uncle Sam's Pet,' even as a dead settler lies crushed below near books about 'educating the savage.' In the background, an 'Indian School' flies the American flag, creating a biting satire of 1880s government policies. Grant Hamilton's political cartoon brilliantly exposes the hypocrisy of treating Native Americans as wards of the state while ignoring the violence of the era.
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