The Native American teepee in the cartoon is depicted with a swastika on it; apparently it was a symbol of good luck with some tribes?
City of Albuquerque web site on its use: https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/kimo/history-of-the-kimo/ki...
The Native American teepee in the cartoon is depicted with a swastika on it; apparently it was a symbol of good luck with some tribes?
City of Albuquerque web site on its use: https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/kimo/history-of-the-kimo/ki...
As such, it exists in a variety of cultures in the Northern hemisphere.
Finland is another example of a nation with a historical use of it.
Those dates don't predate nazism nor the symbol usage by Hitler.
quote: "Information about the swastikas at the KiMo Theater.
Swastika and skulls detail at KiMo Theater
The KiMo was designed and built in 1927 using the style and designs that were very common to several Native American cultures in the American southwest at that time.
Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the design elements of the KiMo Theatre are preserved for their original cultural significance.
Although today the swastika can evoke negative emotions, the KiMo invites visitors to remember that the original meaning of this ancient sacred symbol is one of life and prosperity. "