OMG!!!
I was reading through this thread and saw the comment on being an Indian. Yes, that's what we would have called it and not a native American. Times change.
To prove times change, another of my home-made costumes was a Hobo.
Yes. A Hobo. With ratty clothes, an old men's coat, and a cigar. My mom put her dark brown eye shadow on my face to make it look like I had a beard.
I was a hobo one year too. I was probably around 4 or 5.