A cartoon depicting a prominent leader of the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a shirtless, animal-like creature has fired up debate in the town of Davie.

Seminole council member Max Osceola is shown in the cartoon beating a drum in a canoe. Accompanying him is a non-Indian town council woman with a drink in her hand.

The cartoon apparently originated with a Karen Stenzel-Nowicki, who sits on a town planning board. Mayor Tom Truex says she should be removed for circulating a racist and offensive cartoon.

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Racist cartoon or free speech? (The Miami Herald 6/21)

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Seminole Tribe - http://www.seminoletribe.com