Author: Shea Vassar
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‘The Revenant’ and the Dark History of Scalping
Sure, everyone scalped. But there were those who were compensated for the bloody act and those who have to carry the stereotypical legacy.
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“Hey, Standing Rock” and the Anti-Native Harm of ‘The New Mutants’
The film’s racist dialogue is the result of lazy writing. Still, it minimizes one of the biggest cultural movements for Native Americans in the last few decades.
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9 Native Filmmakers You Should Know
A Native renaissance is in its beginning stages in the film industry.
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FX’s ‘Black Narcissus’ Miniseries Fails to Find Relevance in 2020
Why’d they even bother when the perfectly good 1947 Powell and Pressburger film adaptation exists?
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Chief’s Dynamic Change in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Nurse Ratched and R.P. McMurphy are the more famous characters, but Chief is the most important.
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Digging Up the Indian Burial Ground Trope
“An ancient Indian WHAT?” – Homer SImpson
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‘Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ and the Legacy of Residential Schools
Tough topics can be educational and empowering when handled appropriately.
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The Exploration of the Indigenous Oddity in ‘Trickster’
Michelle Latimer’s Trickster is here to indigenize your television.
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The Harsh Reality Behind ‘Wind River’
In order to understand ‘Wind River,’ the history and understanding of the modern threat to Native women must be understood first.