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Do certain stories tell a sanitized version of how Indigenous tribes have been wiped out?  Rajan

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Do certain stories tell a sanitized version of how Indigenous tribes have been wiped out?  Rajan

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Yes certain stories do tell a sanitized version but in a way we have also Americanized it. By that we have Americanized different parts of native culture. This affects those who have shared and told stories from generation to generation because a story can be mixed up and changed to something completely different from the original story. The history that has been taught to children can be insulting towards the Indigenous by being portrayed as savages and when we misinterpret who the Indigenous really are it is offensive towards them.

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In Ned Blackhawk’s video produced by The Met (the Metropolitan Museum in New York City). He explains the museums troubled past in viewing native art as “PRIMITIVE , ETHNOGRAPHIC & NON-WESTERN” language like this caused native art to be left aside in the bowels of the Met, because curators did not think it was interesting enough to put on display. Today curators of The Met have taken a creative turn in the right direction and have included native and tribal art in the the galleries and exhibitions housed inside of the American wing of the metropolitan museum. In short this is a humongous step for the museum and the museum community as a whole to present native American art and artifacts from the modern era and from the era of colonialism. Ned Blackhawk believes that "If we reorient our view of history, can we expand the view ahead?" . If these are the first steps in the direction of a brighter future for native American stories the best is yet to come.

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Historian Ned BlackHawk on Native American Artworks l MetCollects

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How are Native Americans portrayed in film?

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How are Native Americans portrayed in film?

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Native Americans are usually whitewashed in film majority of the time and are usually played by a white person. But, Hollywood is getting better with casting real Native Americans in film such as the new Peter Pan movie where Tiger Lily is being played a Native American actress from Canada. Representation nowadays is so important and I am glad that Hollywood wants to get better. The acting union know as SAG-Aftra has now made a law that all ethnicities must be played by the actual ethnicity.

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[ UPDATE: The casting of Alyssa Alook, aka Alyssa Wapanatâhk, has since been confirmed by The Wrap.]

The live-action adaptation of Disney's Peter Pan (currently titled Peter Pan and Wendy) is ramping up its casting. In recent weeks, announcements of Jude Law and Yara Shahidi's casting as Captain Hook and Tinker Bell respectively made the rounds online. Now it appears that Disney has found their Tiger Lily as well.

The latest live-action remake set for a Disney+ release was originally to begin filming in April of this year, but those plans were ultimately delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production is currently scheduled to be picked up in March of 2021.

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The Illuminerdi can report that Disney is eyeing Alyssa Alook (full name Alyssa Wapanatâhk) to play the role. Alook is an newcomer to the industry, an indigenous actress whose body of work thus far consists of a few short films from the last two years. If finalized, her casting in Peter Pan and Wendy will mark her feature film debut.

Peter Pan and Wendy Cast and Crew

The latest live-action update to the J.M. Barrie classic will be directed by David Lowery ( Pete's Dragon) with a script by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks. The movie stars the aforementioned Jude Law and Yara Shahidi, along with Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, and Ever Anderson as Wendy. The film is set to be released on Disney+.

What do you think of the casting for Peter Pan and Wendy? Do you like that Disney is making it a priority to cast unknowns as the film's young stars? Alyssa Alook certainly has the appearance of a fantastic Tiger Lily. Pop down to the comments and give us your thoughts, and check back with The Illuminerdi for the latest news and features on Disney films and television.

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Peter Pan And Wendy Finds Its Tiger Lily: EXCLUSIVE

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UPDATE: The casting of Alyssa Alook, aka Alyssa Wapanatâhk, has since been confirmed by The Wrap.] The live-action adaptation of Disney's Peter Pan (currently titled Peter Pan and Wendy ) is ramping up its casting. In recent weeks, announcements of Jude Law and Yara Shahidi's casting as Captain Hook and Tinker Bell respectively made the rounds online.

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"A common belief in the contemporary United States, often unspoken and unconscious, implies that everyone has a right to use Indians as they see fit; everyone owns them. Indianness is a national heritage; it is a fount for commercial enterprise; it is a costume one can put on for a party, a youth activity, or a sporting event."

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Indigenous People Review Native American Characters In Film & TV

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Met Museum to Return Prize Artifact Because It Was Stolen.

"The Met paid almost $4 million for the coffin, which will now be returned to Egypt, where it was said to have been looted in 2011.Credit...The Metropolitan Museum of Art".

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"Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up
celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage. But was he an
intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter
who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at
all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher
Columbus."

History vs. Christopher Columbus

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Banks, A. (2019, January 1). FASHION & MUSIC SHOULD ALSO STOP ITS NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. Highsnobiety. https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/native-american-cultural-appropriation/

Giacona, C. (2016). SINGING REDFACE: THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF AMERICAN INDIAN

CULTURE IN POPULAR MUSIC [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. UNIVERSITY OF

OKLAHOMA
https://shareok.org/handle/11244/47118

https://medium.com/an-injustice/the-musical-history-of-pretending-to-be-native-american-e2f24b033fa

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Native American culture is portrayed not only in the general public, but, in the media as well.

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How Native Americans are portrayed in the American Media.

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Do All Native Americans Think The Same? | Spectrum

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Why do we have certain mythes that we still that aren't true?  Rajan

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Why do we have certain mythes that we still that aren't true?  Rajan

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Everyone has been taught different information about Native Americans. The main story that the US sanitizes is Thanksgiving. We like to say that the pilgrims and Indians had a big feast together but truth be told the Native Americans had been massacred by the colonists. This is a way to cover up how colonists had wiped out many Indigenous tribes. Instead of facing our truth we neglect the land that has been taken and the lives that had been taken. This is to make America look good because it seems as though we aren't to reveal the truth.

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How does music perpetuate stereotype about Native Americans? Healey

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How does music perpetuate stereotype about Native Americans? Healey

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Americans down.
By singing these songs and by dressing up as an Americanized Indian traditional costume. Kids are not clearing anything about the diversify about the more than five hundred Native American tribes. But only about Pocahontas singing in the wind and a 'little Indian' shooting buffalo.

It shows the history of how children grow up with a preconceived imagine of Native American culture.

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How are Native Americans portrayed in Music? Healey

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How are Native Americans portrayed in Music? Healey

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Hirschfelder, A., & F. Molin, P. (2018, February 22). Jim crow museum of racist

memorabilia. Stereotyping Native Americans. https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/

news/jimcrow/native/homepage.htm

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a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday. (2018, November 19).

https://time.com/5457183/thanksgiving-native-american-holiday/

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Blackhawk, N., & The Met (Producers). (2018). Historian Ned BlackHawk on Native American Artworks l MetCollects [Video]. YouTube / The met. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW7yjWm8Q9I

Cut (Producer). (2015). Reservation | Native Americans | One Word [Video]. You Tube / Cut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOWUDM1GBhk

"About One Word: Cut invites people from different groups to weigh in on one word--and their responses show us just how complicated and unique we all are".

Flaccus, G., & The British Museum in London. (2018, June 5). [British Museum to return Native American artifacts to Oregon tribe]. The British Museum in London. Retrieved January 13, 2021, from https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00TJ-vBxe1S69KUK2qh0-8P-LpAbw%3A1610586278747&ei=ppj_X-jsLIzI5gKHmLqgCQ&q=Museum+gives+back+Native+American+artifacts&oq=Museum+gives+back+Native+American+artifacts&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKsCMgUIIRCrAjIFCCEQqwI6BwgjEOoCECc6BQgAEJECOgsILhDHARCvARCRAjoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOggILhCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQM6BAgAEEM6BAguEEM6CgguEMcBEK8BEEM6BwgAELEDEEM6DQguEMcBEK8BEEMQkwI6CAguEMcBEK8BOgIIADoFCAAQyQM6AgguOgYIABAWEB46CQgAEMkDEBYQHjoHCCEQChCgAToICCEQFhAdEB5QuVBYyJUBYNChAWgLcAB4B4ABcYgBlxiSAQQzOC4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdperABCsABAQ&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjo15i4nZruAhUMpFkKHQeMDpQQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

"Tribal artifacts that have been hidden away in the archives of the British Museum in London for nearly 120 years are being returned to a Native American tribe for an exhibit at its own museum – a facility the tribe expanded and upgraded in part to reclaim these pieces central to its complicated heritage."

Gendler, A. (Director). (2014). History vs. Christopher Columbus [Video]. Ted ed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3dgiDreGc

"Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher Columbus."

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British Museum to return Native American artifacts to Oregon tribe