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Why is the representation of natives through painting ?

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Why is the representation of natives through painting ?

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This piece of art shows a native woman from 1 century ago, watching to today's native woman in a frame, as if it was a piece of art itself.

But in this picture, we may see the idea that the woman is wondering how natives have become artworks whereas 100 years ago she was discriminated, killed…

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What is the representation of natives through comics?

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What is the representation of natives through comics?

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Superheroes use their ability to save the world or spread values.

The use of comics can help educate young people with stories so they get a deep understanding of the author’s message. When young people find someone that looks like them or how they want to become, they can view how they want to change the world

So Superheroes are also political figures !

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This comic shows Native American soldiers during world wars.
They used their language to communicate whereas the modern Western society prohibited it.

This special ability makes these soldiers Superheroes. So it shows how important diversity is.

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A good storytelling can be more efficient to spread knowledge than lesson because stories involve the reader.

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This piece of art shows the meeting of 2 art styles and, thus the meeting of 2 cultures.

There is an old civilisation painting graffiti on walls. But we can also understand that this art style tries to voice a message, and claim an idea.

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Video games developers of Gameloft have created Oregon trail game, in which users can manage a colony and play with English-speaking or native American characters. The developers asked to a lot of historians about native Americans, because they wanted to create a game that deconstructs the stereotypes. For example they gave to native American characters guns because historically they had this type of weapons and not only arrows. Because a lot of children will play this game, it is important to show them the truth about native Americans. This is a way to debunk stereotypes and improve the American society with correct / accurate values about indigenous people.

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Joe Sacco’s graphic novel, “Paying the Land”

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Joe Sacco’s graphic novel, “Paying the Land”

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The Western / capitalist industry went to Canada’s North west Territories to extract oil. Maybe it is an issue but it is not the subject of the graphic novel. It is about a particular kind of extraction: Fracking. It is a process of extracting hard-to-access oil and natural gas by shooting a toxic mixture at extremely high pressure into shale rock. It is a very controversial subject in this area because there are pro-fracking and anti-fracking and in the middle of that the Natives. They are afraid for their land, because of fracking.
But it is not a manichean scheme, it’s not Westerners versus Natives. There are white environmental activists who are against and there are Natives who took a step back on the subject. The graphic novel interviews two of these wise men. The first one says that oil extraction is a way to get money and to develop the area. He gives the example of hunting which needs oil to be more effective or money which provides a better education to the Natives. And in the long-term, education will enable some natives to have access to the oil extraction then be able to control the respect of the land. The other Native also agrees with it and explains that if Canadians don’t extract the oil, the Chinese will take their place, or the oil will be imported from Iran. So, the extraction and even the fracking has to continue BUT Natives have to be in it so they could control the respect of the land. It is how the graphic novel ends. It shows a very wise aspect of the Natives.

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Even though natives have been elected to Congress, their presence remains a minority.

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Deb Haaland was appointed as Secretary of the interior

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Although progress has been made to improve the representation of natives, there is still a long way to go. It is necessary to change the mores through culture but also to translate it into political actions.