Categorizing Popular Media Depicting Indigenous Populations; Civilized vs Primitive part 1

In simplified terms, popular media depictions of Indigenous populations can fall under 2 categories. The categories are Hobbseian and Rousseauan. The Hobbseian category is the "mindless savage" stereotype of hyper violent natives cannibalizing and scalping everybody that comes in their path. The Roussean category is the exact opposite, with the natives being peaceful and "one with their environment". These are some popular media depictions of both stereotypes.

Roussean;
1. Avatar (2011)
2. Pocahontas (1995)
3. Dances with Wolves (1990)
4. The Gods must be Crazy (1980)
5. An American Tail; The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)

Hobbesian;
1. Some episodes of various Scooby Doo series (c.70s)
2. Peter Pan (1953)
3. Savage Sam (1963)
4. Various Gilligan's Island episodes (1967)
If you are noticing a tread in these films, it is because in the earlier films, the Hobbesian prototype was more popular while politically correct movement was hardly noticeable. With the rise of the politically correct movement in the 80s and 90s, the Rousseauan stereotype became more popular, the movie industry started to become more sympathetic to indigenous populations depicted. I will take about my personal opinion about the stereotypes in the next post.