James Luna is a (pardonmyfrench) Badass.

 Who wants to take a picture with a Real Indian?
How about now?

How about now?

What about now?

The contemporary artist, James Luna, identifies with both his Mexican and Pooyukitchum heritages. In one of my favorites of his pieces he forces a (from what I can tell) a mostly white audience to face their prejudice and assumptions about America's "real Indians". Wearing several different outfits he invites them to step forward into the camera and photograph themselves with him, invoking ideas of the old "curiosity cabinets", the rare, voyeurism, tourism, and the souvenir. Guests are welcomed to keep a photograph as a memento of their encounter. You can see the whole experience in this video here:

My favorite line he says is this:
"American's like romance, more than they like the truth."
I just wish that the camera had been turned on the audience when he said it.