Stephen Colbert, Whitesboro seal

Stephen Colbert addresses the Whitesboro, N.Y. village seal controversy on "The Late Show" Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.

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The village of Whitesboro's controversial seal has drawn national attention -- and now jokes on late-night television.

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert brutally mocked the Upstate New York community on Wednesday night's show, calling its recent discussion on whether or not to keep the seal "the most important vote of 2016 in my opinion." He then showed viewers a partial picture of the seal, which some say depicts a white settler choking a Native American man.

"All right, let's not overreact. Maybe... it's not like he symbolically stands for all white guys. What's the name of the guy being depicted on the seal?" Colbert asks.

Then a screenshot from a syracuse.com article shows his name is Hugh White.

"All right, but what's the context here?" Colbert adds. "It's not like it's the official seal of Whitesville or Whitesylvania or something. What's the town name?"

Then the CBS show revealed the full image of the seal, including the village's name of Whitesboro.

"Wow," Colbert remarks. "That's a pretty white name. That is the whitest name for a town next to Pleated Khakis, Wyoming."

"Maybe we're misinterpreting it," Colbert continued. "I mean, who are we to judge what two consenting men do on a town seal? Maybe Hugh White and his shirtless native companion were into sensual role play. I'm sure the Indian had a safe word. I'm guessing something like, 'Please take all my land.'"

Village officials say the seal depicts a friendly wrestling match between White, the town's founder, and a member of the local Oneida tribe. Some have called the logo "racist" and "offensive," prompting residents to consider several new images as a possible replacement, including pictures submitted by "The Daily Show" showing NHL goalie and Whitesboro resident Robert Esche; a white man and a Native American dancing; a cartoon handshake; an Indian and a white man fighting a British soldier; and a white settler dressed as a luchador wrestling with the Native American.

"The Daily Show" submitted these mock images as a possible replacement for the Whitesboro village seal.

But residents voted 157-55 Monday night to keep the seal, rather than replace it with a new image.

"So it has a happy ending in that I'll probably get to make some more jokes about it in the future," Colbert concluded.

Trevor Noah has yet to feature the controversy in a segment on "The Daily Show."