..."brave" Exeter...saw what you did there...
To me, that is the point. In no way , shape or form do I feel like anyone is poking fun at or deriding native americans here. It is rather a celebration of their braveness and their culture as far as I am concerned.
It's not really a celebration of their culture, it's nothing more than a tough looking guy in a head-dress and some face paint. Who does he represent? What does he really tell you about Native American culture?
Perhaps if we were using the Harlequin character to represent the inherent nature, culture and appearance of all Europeans then the original post would make a little more sense, but only if one of our bars had the Albanian flag as its logo, and the bar staff wore kilts...