The Indian tribes have ALWAYS been “untidy,” and it is not just a recent “phemomenon.” Hell, I’ll just say it: They have historically been filthy.
Read some accounts of people who interacted with them over the centuries, from early Spaniards and French explorers, to Europeans who settled the east coast and whose descendants moved westward; they were almost unanimous in their descriptions of the filthy conditions of the Indian camps. The Indians NEVER washed any cooking or eating utensils; they’d just stack them in a pile when they were done with them and when they wanted one they’d just grab one and use it again. Also, there was a reason the tribes always moved their camps UPSTREAM, and it wasn’t for a better view. There is also the myth that Indians only killed what they ate and that they used the entire kill. While certainly not as prolific in their destruction of the buffalo herds as the whites, they were no slouches themselves in that regard, and many, many buffalo were killed for their tongues, and the rest just of the carcass, meat, hide, and all, just left on the prairie to rot.
“...always moved their camps UPSTREAM...”
I worked for a guy that worked out of his home. His basement was huge, with two bedrooms and two large common areas.
“Yeah - so I started my home office in that room, then moved it to the second bedroom, then that area, and now finally to the main room. My decorating style is ‘Native American’”. (Each room was filled with crap from each era.)
Too funny. In the movie “Little Big Man”, Dustin Hoffman’s character stated, when taken to the Indian camp, said “I see the dump. Where’s the camp?”