#indigenous media

[fuck-spock]

YALL!!!

A SHOW ABOUT INDIGENOUS KIDS WRITTEN BY INDIGENOUS FOLK!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!

#indigenous #native american #indigenous media #indigenous tv #native media #indigenous representation #native representation #im weeping this is so good !! things are changing

[mostunlikelytosucceed]

Guts (Hastiin Bí'ach'íí')

Guts (Hastiin Bí'ach'íí') is a short film being directed by Elias Gold, of the youtube channel Native Media Theory.

"A hungry drifter on the Navajo reservation embarks on a comedic adventure to steal ceremonial sheep intestines, weaving together an uproarious tale that pays homage to Navajo folk stories and language. GUTS illuminates a quiet facet of Navajo life with raw sincerity and heartfelt humor."

Their mission statement for the film from their funding campaign: "GUTS is a comedy adventure that embraces Navajo culture while honoring the spirit of our language and oral tradition, rooted in the stories passed down from my great-grandmother. This tale represents a proud milestone as one of the first indigenous-led projects in Utah's 100 years of film history."

This is his debut film and is very close (84%!) to reaching his funding goal as of posting this, but there's only a little over a day left to pledge support for the project! It would be amazing if he and his team could reach their funding goal, so if you appreciate film and want to see more Navajo-led films, consider supporting this awesome project, or at least spread the word! Check out more details, including the team working on it as well as incentives for pledging, at their Seed & Spark campaign here: https://seedandspark.com/fund/guts-shortfilm#story

EDIT: They got to 100% funding!! Be sure to follow the film's progress at the above sources if you're interested!!

#film #navajo #native film #native american film #navajo film #native media #indigenous art #indigenous film #indigenous media #navajo art #navajo media #short film #movies #Youtube

[caecilius-in-horto-ubi-sedebit]

So I watched Wednesday a while ago, and I've been rolling some feeling around ever since that I feel I should spit out here for some closure. Obvi spoilers if you want to watch the show.

Wednesday Addams is Latina. Cool, awesome, good. The villains of the show are descendants of Pilgrims. Here's where my feelings start souring. The show is set in Jericho, Vermont. That's important. The entire main conflict is a land dispute, between the Addams family, and the Crackstone family. It's explicitly stated that the Addamses came up from Mexico, settled in Jericho, and consider it theirs. Crackstone's family came over with the Pilgrims (I grew up in the Plymouth area, so the historical inaccuracy hurts me, but that doesn't really matter here so much as that he is a white colonizer from England), settled in Jericho, and eventually locked all the outcasts from Mexico in a building and burned them alive. Horrible man, obviously.

Here's my problem. Mexicans have indigenous lands. In Mexico. They have land that is integral to their heritage. It's not in Vermont. Vermont land is Abenaki land. It belongs to the Abenaki people, always has, always will. Not once are the Abenaki represented. Wednesday makes snide comments about Pilgrim World and how the settlers did their level best (and continue to do their level best) to genocide native people off the face of the continent. But nowhere are there Abenaki people, saying "This is our land, we're still here, we need to be recognized, Land Back."

Vermont is a beautiful state, with a rich history. The Abenaki people are a strong, proud people, with a rich culture, a history, and the Western Abenaki language is still spoken to an extent, with strong attempts being made to revitalize the language. I have Abenaki heritage, which I am looking into reconnecting with, but I didn't grow up in the culture, and my family has been disconnected for a while, so maybe I'm reading this wrong. But I can't help but feel cheated. If the main conflict hadn't been a land dispute, I might not feel so euch about it, but they made it a land dispute, with Crackstone openly trying to kill any outcasts in the school, and the antagonist Laurel straight up stating that she wants "her land" back. But nary an Abenaki, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, nor Penobscot face in sight. And certainly no real mention that indigenous peoples still inhabit their lands to this very day. It just really pissed me off.

#wednesday addams #wednesday #wednesday netflix #abenaki #wabanaki #wednesday critical #indigenous media

[eros-thanatos89]

Thoughts on Reservation Dogs

I recently watched the Reservation Dogs finale and my soul is destroyed, but like, in a good way? The show just consistently leaves me feeling hollowed out, but like, in the way of that quote about opening ing a hole so you can let the light in…(can’t remember where thats from now…)

I’ll try not to give away any spoilers for folks still watching S3, but I felt the need to just process my thoughts and feelings about the series as a whole.

First of all, it’s amazing to see such an explosion of Indigenous-made media in the last few years (I also highly recommend the fun teen horror film Slash/Back!) and Reservation Dogs just feels steeped in the tradition of not just Indigenous culture, but Indigenous film and literature. I’m the first to admit that I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to Indigenous media as a whole, so I’ll just speak to what I know.

I’m a big fan of the author Sherman Alexie and his influence (particularly his short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and his movie Smoke Signals, which is based on it) on Rez Dogs is really clear: that balance of humor and tragedy, the surrealism/magical realism, the tongue in cheek way the narrative pokes fun at itself and characters poke fun at themselves and each other and use humor to cope with their struggles.

I really love how the show bounces around between present and past, characters speak to spirits and ancestors, and the community and culture anchor even the most lost characters on their search for themselves and for meaning. The way it handles intergenerational trauma and its impact on individuals and the community is so poignant. And then, in the same episode, it’ll have you in stitches cracking up at the antics and misadventures of the characters. AND the equal attention paid to both male and female characters and the older and younger generations is SO GOOD. And really highlights how sadly rare that still is in mainstream media.

This show has made me cry (several times in one episode, on multiple occasions), made me laugh out loud, and made me think about history, community, identity and friendship.

Seriously, if you have to yet watch it please, please do!! Sterlin Harjo and the others writers are fantastic, the cast of actors is amazing, the music slaps, the visual storytelling is great…seriously this show kicks so much ass and is so impactful! And fun!!

Ok, I could rant forever about how much I adore Reservation Dogs.

I’ll definitely be rewatching! Just want to steep myself in that world a little longer! ❤️❤️

(Come howl with me about it if you’re also a fan! Owoo!)

#reservation dogs #indigenous media #indigenous film #sterlin harjo #sherman alexie #slash/back #meta #smoke signals

[libraryben]

“otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk is Chelsea and Molly and the occasional parasitic alien lifeform controlling their bodies and/or very special guests drinking a bottle of wine, watching and reviewing a science fiction television episode or movie from an Indigenous and decolonial perspective, and then asking the most important and relevant scifi demographic, the white man, a surprise question.We think we're funny, our kookums think we're funny (or so they say), and if you're an ndn and a big giant scifi nerd like we are, get us in your eardrums!“

#Podcasts #Métis #Indigenous media #Indigenous

[chriscdcase95]

I don't normally do Lost Media posts but does anyone else remember this show The Longhouse Tales ?

It was a show I'd often catch on APTN as a kid that I sometimes find myself thinking back to. I looked for the series for years after remembering it, but could never find anything on it until this year.

 As it stands there are only three clips of it I could find on YouTube. Which I'll link below. For those who don't know - which is a lot considering how obscure this show has apparently become - The Longhouse Tales was a show starring and co-produced by Cree actor and singer, Tom Jackson. It features a cast of animal puppets including a coyote, a fox, bear, wolverine and a skunk as a little kid. 

I think the skunk was adopted by the coyote and fox ? My memory's that fuzzy. Here's the shows intro

My memory of the show is fuzzy as all Hell, that I can only remember bits and pieces of it.

One episode I do remember (a little bit) featured a wendigo as the antagonist, and how it'd try to lure the skunk child away by mimicking the voice of his deceased mother. It was one of those episodes that sticks with you.

Anyways, I thought I'd bring it up, because I just found the show this year after years of searching. I'm wondering if anyone else remembers this show as well ?

#lost media #native media #indigenous media #indigenous tv #cree #ojibwe #algonquin #the longhouse tales #tom jackson #canadian aboriginal floklore #native american #first nations #does anyone else remember this show ? #These three clips are literally all I could find of it #Everything else is from a vague and fuzzy memory

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have  Four Good Days 2020

#Four Good Days #Indigenous Media #Mila Kunis #Carla Gallo #Glenn Close #Stephen Root #Gloria Garayua #Rebecca Tilney #Carlos Lacamara #Kim Delgado #Audrey Lynn #Nicholas Oteri #Joshua Leonard #Rebecca Field #Erica Burns #Pam Cook #Gabriela Flores #Emanuel Loarca #Chad Lindberg #Violet Brinson #Grifon Aldren #Michael Hyatt #Mandy June Turpin #Sam Hennings #Nina Millin #Brian Shortall #Victoria Gale #Karen Graci #Lisa Greene #Carlos Antonio

[urfavyasmine09]

INDIGENOUS MEDIA/TAGA-KAULO TRIBE✨

Indigenous media plays a crucial role in giving indigenous communities a platform to express their unique cultures, languages, and perspectives. It includes a range of communication forms such as radio, television, films, and digital content. Indigenous media contributes to cultural preservation, community empowerment, and the promotion of indigenous rights. It serves as a powerful tool for storytelling, sharing traditional knowledge, and fostering understanding between indigenous and non-indigenous populations. This form of media helps counter stereotypes, address social issues, and strengthen the sense of identity and pride within indigenous communities. If you have more specific questions about indigenous media

#media information #INDIGENOUS MEDIA

[aspharah]

shoutout to bi ppl fr. bi women, bi men, bi nonbinary people. blows a kiss to masc bi women and fem bi men in particular. fat bi people, bi poc, aspec bi people, trans bi people, i love all you guys

#<3 #lgbt #bisexuality #🩷💜💙 #bi tag #p #oh for clarification since bipoc is specifically black and indigenous people of color i mean all bi people of color since lots of rep in- #-media is white bisexuals #whoa hit tweet #:^)

[chunmeista-thoughts]

Another way all of these struggles are connected, is the way media decides to automatically exonerate the perpetrators.

It is clear as day, how corporate US media decides to be complicit in the normalization of violence by deciding how it wants to cover things. The bias is in the headlines, and these are just two specific examples.

There is no way that these companies should be getting away with this. There needs to be groups of people to hold a fire to them. If nothing is done, fascists will continue to openly define how events are perceived by the general public in media.

#media bias #lgbtq+ #indigenous #palestine #gaza #hind rajab #nex benedict #corporate media is complicit #malicious incompetence #headline bias #other issues and struggles too #propaganda #this is literally the same pattern

[immortalmuses]

Watch Echo. Please. Please.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to see this kind of representation, this kind of investment from a company like Marvel, in telling indigenous peoples' stories. They consulted with the Choctaw nation, they DUBBED THE ENTIRE SERIES IN CHOCTAW. Choctaw is an endangered language! Fewer than 500 people remain that speak it fluently! And here it is, preserved in a Marvel Show about a Native Super Hero!!!!

I know you have MCU fatigue, I get it. I understand that some of the disney+ Marvel shows have been underwhelming. But I am BEGGING YOU. Just watch Echo. Just give it a chance, give Her a chance. The world is a better place with stories like this in it, and the only way we will get more of them is if we show companies like Marvel that their investment isn't a waste.

#Marvel #Echo #Maya Lopez #Marvel Echo #marvel mcu #Choctaw Nation #indigenous representation #Fandom: Marvel #c: Maya Lopez | Echo #Echo: media #Youtube

[akajustmerry]

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Can’t Escape Its Own White Gaze by Merryana Salem / Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023). Dir. Martin Scorsese

#killers of the flower moon #martin scorsese #lily gladstone #indigenous #media representation #writing #read the full article if you can guys my editors are looking for any excuse to claim i am not good at my job rn #/

[serenado-exe]

So anyway -

The point is that Pizza Tower still has a racist, outdated stereotype of Indigenous people in the Oregano Desert level.

It even has a achievement for rain dancing around a totem pole (totem poles are a Pacific Northwest thing, not a Plains Tribe thing). They war cry at you and they throw tomahawks (because it's always tomahawks or spears).

Bellyache about the screencaps being 5 years old if you want, but the stereotype made it into the game, so he hasn't changed that much. He didn't change enough to have a shred of awareness about using a racist stereotype. And before anyone tries: that trope isn't a hallmark of Wario games or 90s animation, it's a hallmark of racism.

Even if he "doesn't" make bigoted jokes anymore (though I would consider the Tribe Cheese one such joke), he made an entire level based around that trope.

And like every other time there's an anti-Indigenous caricature in videogames or popular media, it doesn't get mentioned, or it gets glossed over because the creator went "Oopsie! That was cringe."

The exclusion of the Tribe Cheese from that salvo of screenshots undermines the entirety of it, because it's a solid example of him not having changed enough to be conscious beyond "that was unfunny," and everyone just focuses on what he said and when - without the connection to how that mindset still lingers in the final product of the game.

#mcpig #pizza tower #tribe cheese #indigenous people play games! we exist in modern society! we are not dead! #like not to be the mean indigenous person but i LIKE the game and it felt like shit to get to that level and that #and no i wasn't going to be able to move on until i said something about it #creators make western levels without being fucking racist challenge #also if you are american and played through this game and didn't even blink an eye at that but still went #''hm. gotta be critical of my media.'' like HOW critical are we talking #like you saw cheese indians and said ''yeah that's so normal.''

[patrocles]

Indigenous Guest Stars - RESERVATION DOGS (2021 - )

#reservation dogs #reservationdogsedit #tvgif #dailytvfilmgifs #dailytvgifs #dailytelevision #lily gladstone #wes studi #michael spears #kaniehtiio horn #tatanka means #nathan apodaca #amber midthunder #gary farmer #kiowa gordon #tamara podemski #when u start watching a lot of indigenous media its fun cus you start clocking everyone #its just leo pointing.jpg #hey you were in this thing that this other person was also in too #the overlap is mad cus the content is so few

[shesnake]

Christopher Cote, an Osage language consultant on the project and one of many Osage members who attended its Los Angeles premiere Monday, told THR he was “nervous about the release of the film; now that I’ve seen it, I have some strong opinions.

“As an Osage, I really wanted this to be from the perspective of Mollie and what her family experienced, but I think it would take an Osage to do that,” Cote said, referencing Lily Gladstone’s character in the movie. (Historical spoilers from the film ahead.) “Martin Scorsese, not being Osage, I think he did a great job representing our people, but this history is being told almost from the perspective of Ernest Burkhart [played by Leonardo DiCaprio] and they kind of give him this conscience and kind of depict that there’s love. But when somebody conspires to murder your entire family, that’s not love. That’s not love, that’s just beyond abuse.”

He continued, “I think in the end, the question that you can be left with is: How long will you be complacent with racism? How long will you go along with something and not say something, not speak up, how long will you be complacent? I think that’s because this film isn’t made for an Osage audience, it was made for everybody, not Osage. For those that have been disenfranchised, they can relate, but for other countries that have their acts and their history of repression, this is an opportunity for them to ask themselves this question of morality, and that’s how I feel about this film.”

#killers of the flower moon #christopher cote #martin scorsese #film #cin #media representation #racism #Indigenous representation

[icedsodapop]

Just a heads up about Killers of the Flower Moon

Here Osage language consultant Christopher Cote speaking about this:

#killers of the flower moon #martin scorsese #films #native american #indigenous culture #osage #settler colonialism #anti native racism #historical revisionism #yeah same. i was a little unnerved that it was from the pov of the white criminals #and even made the guy played by dicaprio to be sympathetic #media criticism