Also, Romero said that a non-Native production should have a consultant who represents that tribal nation being portrayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lacey Marie Abrahamson, who was a consultant on the Paramount+ series \u201c1883,\u201d said a lack of knowledge is the biggest mistake filmmakers and showrunners make when they don\u2019t consult or involve the tribes and their citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Buffalo Bill\u2019s Wild West Shows helped spread stereotypes about the ways Native Americans acted and dressed that later influenced Western films. In these shows, Buffalo Bill portrayed Native Americans as inhumane \u201csavages\u201d that terrorized colonists for little to no reason. He did this by creating various scenes that were performed in a way that a settler could be seen riding by, traveling with his families and the Native Americans would pass by on their horses and attack them.” (Native American Stereotypes in Early Films \u00b7 Native Americans Then and Now \u00b7 Nabb Research Center Online Exhibits<\/em>, n.d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In these old Western Films, it’s a typical trope where we see the Native Americans dehumanized on screen to look wild primitive, when they were far from it in reality. There was this perception because of how Natives didn’t excessively use resources, the lack of technological advances, and how they traveled through like nomads. By portraying the Native Americans this way it could be used to justify the colonialism and genocide during that time and for the years following. There were also other reasons like the romanticization of nature, and the lack of indigenous representation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey do not do their research; they do not reach out to the tribes or the descendants to learn the true oral tradition of these stories, or even ask permission,\u201d Abrahamson said. \u201cThey only tell stories taught in history books. Much of Indigenous history has been downplayed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Indigenous languages are presented in movies, Rachel Mint Purget, an actress who played a dancer in all the dance scenes in \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon,\u201d said they can\u2019t talk about Indigenous people without talking about their language, and it\u2019s important they are accurate when spoken on film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, Romero said that a non-Native production should have a consultant who represents that tribal nation being portrayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lacey Marie Abrahamson, who was a consultant on the Paramount+ series \u201c1883,\u201d said a lack of knowledge is the biggest mistake filmmakers and showrunners make when they don\u2019t consult or involve the tribes and their citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey do not do their research; they do not reach out to the tribes or the descendants to learn the true oral tradition of these stories, or even ask permission,\u201d Abrahamson said. \u201cThey only tell stories taught in history books. Much of Indigenous history has been downplayed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Indigenous languages are presented in movies, Rachel Mint Purget, an actress who played a dancer in all the dance scenes in \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon,\u201d said they can\u2019t talk about Indigenous people without talking about their language, and it\u2019s important they are accurate when spoken on film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Romero said this growth is an indicator of the need, want and future of their narrative moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople want to hear our side, people want to hear our story. They want to experience us and so that\u2019s what\u2019s happening and it\u2019s really fantastic, it\u2019s really exciting and I\u2019m thrilled about it,\u201d Romero said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Red Nation Films is a motion picture company that releases independent films and they’ve made it their mission to amplify and authentically give a platform for the Indigenous people. They also have resources linked like the ‘Why We Wear Red’ which focuses on the glaring lack of inclusion of Native Women in Film & Television in all media. The other initiative is ‘Only One Water’ which is about sharing the Indigenous knowledge as water protectors and environmental stewards of this land and how that manifests on to the big screen bringing a global awareness to Mother Earth. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931afc57b89b31854879621de6ba4e63.jpg\")
The Value of Using Native Consultants from Tribal Nation Portrayed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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