Native Cross-Native Cross-Cultural Cultural

PerspectivesPerspectivesBy: Darbie W., Gelila By: Darbie W., Gelila M., Lydiya M., and M., Lydiya M., and

Colleen P.Colleen P.

Ignorant Films• Little Big Man (Wise

Elder)• Peter Pan (Grunting,

Singing Injun)• Tom Sawyer (Drunk)• Pocahontas (Indian

Princess and Native Warrior-Kocoum)

• Tonto (the Loyal Sidekick, Lone Ranger’s Friend)

Ignorant Films (cont.)

• Little Big Man- Common elders do not sit around, smoke a pipe and speak wisely

• Tom Sawyer- Not all Natives are alcoholics

• Pocahontas- They do not have any Indian royalty, and warriors are not silent, formidable, screaming and fierce

• Tonto- Not all Indians are the sidekicks of stronger, more powerful

Indians of the Wild West

• Cowboys and Indians

• Gunfights and Horses

Quote "And, for the longest time, there wasn't a real

'Indian' to be seen on the movie sets: Native 'representation' was taken care of by Italians or Spaniards—anyone with dark enough skin to save on makeup."

- Drew Hayden Taylor

Aboriginal Newspapers

• Aboriginal newspapers focuses on Aboriginal culture, events, people, and entertainment

• Allows First Nations Peoples to come together as a community and observe things that are going on in there community and things that affect their day to day lives.

Aboriginal Newspapers (cont.)

• Helps to bridge the gap between Native and Non-Native people to help build a better understanding for each other to be able to co-exist.

• Newspapers like Turtle Island Newspaper is published in Oshweken Ontario (Southern Ont)

• Has grown to a circulation of 20,000 weekly

Turtle Island Newspaper

• It is owned and operated by Aboriginal people. Published at the Grand River Territory of the Six nations in Southern Ontario.

• International award winning newspaper.

• Aboriginal communities should be aware of what is going on within their community

Common Aboriginal Protests: Roads, Bridges, and Land

• A common dispute that results into protests that Aboriginal people fight for is LAND!

• A recent one being The Grand River Dispute.

Aboriginal Protests

• Common Aboriginal Protests• Canada's "Indian Problem: caused by

occupations of First Nations land by settlers.• Protest the lack of good faith in finding solutions

to land and sovereignty disputes.• Roads and railway blockades

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Attention of big businesses and government

• "Our relationship to the land has always been of the greatest importance to our existence. The land is a physical representation of our spirituality. The natural resources must be protected. Our very essence and worldview is threatened by multinational industries such as mining, oil, gas, lumber, and water" Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

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What's in the name?

• Which terms is used for Native American people?

• Most prefer to be addressed by their tribes name

An “Injun”A modern day Native

American

Who is Bugs Bunny really fighting?

• The Bugs Bunny show has courted with racism

• Some of the racial films that stopped playing were made in the 40’s and 50’s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3Qz-fqGO0

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