![]() Ken has an idea: KEN: What about, and I'm just spit-balling here, a large neon advertisement for the Wamapoke Casino. Leslie wants to involve the Wamapoke in the Pawnee Commons, a kind of cultural park. In any case, the items aren't on screen long enough to create an impression. But as a modern tribe in a crossroads location, it's conceivable it could've adopted things from other cultures. No doubt none of these things originated in Indiana, where the show is located. There are also color photos of powwow dancers and a Plains headdress on a mannequin's head. The most prominent objects in the office are pottery vases and old photographs. So these murals, in which white men are the only culprits, are a welcome change.īelow: Leslie reveals a portion of the mural normally covered up. In the past, Parks and Recreations has used murals to show Indians doing aggressive and offensive things. She points to murals that show Indians being run down by a train, threatened by a cannon, and (in a blurred-out section) dead. They laugh nervously, but then: KEN: But seriously, I'll have a whiskey.Leslie explains who Hotate and the Wamapoke are. And I do not appreciate it.ĪNN : No no no no no. Ann Perkins offers him water, which seems to upset him: KEN: Water. Hotate enters a City Hall room filled with Indian artifacts for a meeting with Leslie Knope and company. The Two Parties episode of Parks and Recreation (airdate: 1/16/13) featured the return of Jonathan Joss as Ken Hotate, chief of the Wamapoke Tribe.
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