Senior Damien Sevieri researched the history of Native Americans in Hollywood after reading The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich and Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, and Identity by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi:

My project is about the history of Native Americans in film and the stereotypes of Native Americans in film. I was interested in this topic because after reading The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. I thought about a movie I saw called Wind River. This movie is one of the few movies where I saw Native American actors, so I wanted to research why that is. I wanted to use my research to bring awareness to the portrayal of Native Americans in the media.

Movie Trailers

“The Squaw Man” (1914)

“Apache” (1954)

“The Unforgiven” (1960) 

“Dances With Wolves” (1990)

“The Ridiculous 6” (2015)

“Wind River” (2017)

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