It turns out that MLJ didn't really publish many stories featuring American Indians. In fact, it doesn't even look like Archie Comics (the re-branded MLJ publishing company of today) has published many (if any!) characters who are American Indians. What I did find was a secondary character in the "Dotty & Ditto" stories named Dottum and a series of strips in PEP COMICS named after its title character: "Lil' Chief Bugaboo."
I actually enjoyed the "Lil' Chief Bugaboo" stories. The main character was clever, the stories were generally creative, and the artwork was pretty nice. But his name (which rarely appeared in the strip) is horrible and every member of his tribe speaks in this awful form of broken English (i.e., "Me not likum you. Me chasum you off-panel."). But if you got past the main character's name and the others' dialogue, you were treated to interesting stories about him trying to disguise his new pet mountain lion as a dog or him trying to outwit a romantic rival with a bear.
There were three stories primarily featuring Lil' Chief with the exclusion of his tribal members and their annoying vocal patterns. I picked out my favorite from the bunch (from PEP COMICS #43). It doesn't really reflect the spirit of Thanksgiving Day -- except that Lil' Chief is in the mood for an extra-large dinner. But it seems chuckle-worthy to me.
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