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"To come under sustained attack when you are there to serve and protect all is disheartening to say the least," she added.

But the fact that Redcorn was the "most human and multidimensional" Native American on screen was "a disheartening and stark reminder of the history of indigenous representations in network television", Tahmahkera pointed out.

Either way, the remark was disheartening for employees of the agency that has long been in President Donald Trump's crosshairs.

He said the show was "disheartening slander" and he "believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle".

Which is why this weekend’s shocking act of vandalism that took out six of the city’s mature trees felt all the more disheartening.