If filmmaker Sterlin Harjo had one wish, it would be that Hollywood would stop resorting to stereotypes when depicting Native Americans. “I’d get rid of the flute music that white filmmakers think needs to be playing when an Indian comes…
Category: Native American Heritage Month
In a few days, millions of Americans will gather with loved ones to watch football and eat themselves into a gluttonous stupor, marking the 395th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving harvest celebration that occurred at Plymouth Plantation. While he doesn’t…
Though Native Americans are making greater strides in the TV and film space, filmmaker Ian Skorodin, founder of the L.A. Skins Fest — one of the country’s largest Native American film festivals — feels that they have barely scratched the surface.…