Native Americans in film
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"Inventing the Indian (2012) uncovers myths about the American Indian. It looks at films such as Soldier Blue, Stagecoach, A Man Called Horse and Billy Jack, and books including The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It also covers Geronimo and Sitting Bull."--Sholem Stein |
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The portrayal of Native Americans in film has been fed by stereotypes, which has raised allegations of racism. Traditionally, the Native American archetype has been that of a violent, uncivilized villain, juxtaposed next to the archetypal hero: the virtuous, white Anglo-Saxon settler. However, a growing number of pictures in the latter half of the Twentieth century and beyond have portrayed indigenous peoples of the Americas in a more historically accurate light.
See also
- Early film racism in the United States
- Revisionist Western
- Reel Injun (2009)
- Imagining Indians (1992)
- Inventing the Indian (2012)
- Native Americans in popular culture
- Native Americans on Network TV (2013)
- Native Americans in children's literature
- Racism in horror films
- Stereotypes about indigenous peoples of North America
