He spoke in the deep voiced broken English that most cliché native characters now do, and even used the term kemosabe to the point it became part of the American vocabulary.
Now back in the 20’s and 50’s the depiction of Tonto was what helped the media stereotypes of Native Americans today. Both follow the adventures of the Lone Ranger and his Native American sidekick and tracker Tonto. The original Lone Ranger was a 1920’s radio program that was then made into a 1950’s TV show. One example of a redoing of an old property was the 2013 Disney film The Lone Ranger. Some of these films do incredible at the box office, while others tend to fall rather flat. In recent years rebooting old and forgotten franchises and movies has been all the rage.
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