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To the Europeans, Indians were savage, amoral, atheistic, and simplistic. This was the legacy that was handed down in Euro-centric history textbooks, and in media like Hollywood Westerns of the 1950s. There was also the stereotype that, prior to assimilating fully into American culture in the 20th century, Indians lived as isolated primitives in the woods, naked except for some strategically-placed animal skins.