How Did Charles Russell Influence American Indian Culture

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I believe that Charles Russell has both positive and negative influence on American Indian Culture. His paintings have both a good and bad look on American Indian culture.

For example he had a positive influence on the indian culture that the indians were happy in his pictures. An example of this is that in his picture “Indian Hunters Return” there are some indian hunters coming back from a hunt and they have tons of meat to feed to their tribe. Everyone in the picture was happy because they had food and hide for the winter.

Another reason he had a positive influence is that the indians were living a normal life and everything was fine. In the picture “ Inside the Lodge” it show a mother and her son enjoying their day. The mother is happy

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