Leslie Spillet, the spokeswoman of the Winnipeggers, told Radio Canada that the cartoon feeds stereotypes, “It generates the narrative that Indians are dangerous. Indians are to be feared. Indians are savages.”

Radio Canada reports that the bookstore removed the album for a while, but then returned it to its shelves saying that it could only ban books that explicitly incited racism, hatred or violence and that the album reflected the spirit of the Thirties.

Tintin in America is not the first Tintin album to be contested. A French organisation earlier took Casterman publishers to court in an attempt to get Tintin in Congo banned, but a judge ruled in the publishers favour.

Flandersnews.be / Expatica