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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

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.

Lammy 5y ago
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Hiawatha
- mekkkkkk 5y ago
  Sounds plausible. Didn't know about that Disney cartoon, but it seems like it's aged like a bottle of fine milk.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  In Sweden, the Donald Duck comic magazine had Little Hiawatha comics throughout at least the 1970s, and probably long both before and after.