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To what extent does Smoke Signals' challenge pejorative stereotypical images of Native Americans results in viable Native self-representation?
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To what extent does Smoke Signals' challenge pejorative stereotypical images of Native Americans results in viable Native self-representation? When a guide in Ocmulgee National Monument Park asked a troop of Brownies what they knew about Indians, the answers were familiar to him, but also disappointing. Some of the children stated that Indians wore feathers and paint; others said that Indians attacked white people.1 These ideas that the Brownies had about Native Americans came straight from the western movies that have been popular since the inception of the film industry. The Western film has been popular with audiences in movie theatres since the early twentieth century. The film industry took over from the tradition of the Wild West Show. Indians as Entertainment The Wild West show brought Indians out of myth and legend into the towns and cities near the population at large. These shows not only toured America but Europe as...
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