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To me, the naming seems fine. It's a nice sounding word, and as far as I'm aware it's not a slur. You could claim that the context is sketchy (having a Hiawatha serving you sounds bad) but I think that's pushing it.

The cartoon on the other hand is something I'd skip. It's generally a bad idea to promote caricatures like that. A nicer example is the Apache logo which is just a tasteful feather. A good balance between native american theme and abstraction.




Not disagreeing about tastefulness but I think the cartoon may also be a Disney reference given the visual similarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Hiawatha


In Sweden, the Donald Duck comic magazine had Little Hiawatha comics throughout at least the 1970s, and probably long both before and after.


Sounds plausible. Didn't know about that Disney cartoon, but it seems like it's aged like a bottle of fine milk.




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