I am Anishinaabe First Nations Native, i am starting my own channel as we speak! I have been an artistic director for 20 years and i hope to share all kinds of resources for people. Its nice to find you.
THANK FUCK there's finally an indigenous owned channel who discusses these things, as a native creative who eventually hopes to bring up these topics eventually in my videos. I NEVER see native owned channels like this and our stuff are usually just either entirely ignored or we're used as talking points or as a backdrop for otherwise nonnative stories.
I'd love to see some Indigenous Fantasy. There are already several Role Play systems designed by Indigenous creators for diverse settings: Exceptionals by Bramble Wolf Games (Super hero/Marvel-ish), and Coyote and Crow (Science Fantasy). Give us all the genres!
Sadly, most indigenous representative shows are being canceled or going to end. Those who are writings and directors: keep that native representatives be in the mainstream. Funny thing (and sad thing) about Apocalypto is it copied from a better film called In Necuepaliztli in Aztlan (Return to Aztlan), but instead of Maya, it's Aztec. Then you have Santo Luzbel, which has comporary Nahuas. There's Erendira Ikikunari, which is mixed between historical and oral tradition.
Great video, I love how they were able to know how to cast non-actors because they knew exactly what they were looking for and were already familiar with the places they were casting from. Native Run projects feel so much more authentic because you simply can't replicate that knowledge and connection, and I really hope we start getting more Native A-listers as well to be a box office draw
I knew about Killers of the Flower Moon because of the book and it made me soooo frustrated we weren’t taught more in school. Really glad the story is getting more reach. Been binging your channel, so insightful and interesting, thank you!
I'm glad you brought up Canadian films. There is a lot going on here in the North- Blood Quantum, which you mentioned, and a lot of actors in Rez Dogs are from Canada: Devery Jacobs, Paulina Alexis, D'pharaoh woon-a-tai, Sarah and Jessica Podemski, Gary Farmer, Tiio Horn (Deer Lady), Graham Greene. I'm happy to see people I know in US productions, but too bad good native Canadian produced films, esp. if they don't pretend to be in the USA, often get overlooked. Jessical Matten from Dark Winds, Michael Greyeyes in Blood Quantum is from Canada. Tantoo Cardinal, first famous for Dances with Wolves, along William Belleau are both in Killers of the Flower Moon, Tiio Horn (Deer Lady), for example is well known for her role as Tanis in Letterkenny and a producer on Shoresy (Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat( from Prey) -- both series available on Hulu -- has an upcoming film she wrote and is directing (Seeds). I hope her work on Rez Dogs gets her a wider audience. I liked Slash/Back, not a huge production but it takes place in the very far north and is a genre sci fil alien film, the actors all local kids. I think the Canadian series "Little Bird" is available on PBS in the US, as is Three Pines on Amazon, the latter not First Nations produced but starring some recognizable (to me) First Nation actors (including Tantoo again, she's busy lately, recently appeared in Falls Around Her as well), has one season on Amazon, still hoping for a second. If you get a chance to see "Trickster", watch it. Fully Native production except the showrunner turned out to be a Pretendian....wish the author of the books had gone with another director, but I think she was heartbroken as were a lot of people. But definitely worth a watch! Not sure if you can access APTN in the US, but probably can watch their documentaries on UA-cam if not the tv shows.
NMT, great review of standards and all. I'm curious about the film Killers of the Flower Moon. I got the book when it first came out as our friend right then is Osage, her father made a lot, and she's in her 70s. She, when I mentioned it to her, absolutely would not talk about it. So, I could ask no questions. As for native languages, I hope the media can help preserve them. I, non native, really prefer the authentic (as much as possible) in all of media. LOL, I loved your 'it's very indigenous'! I think everyone is interested in seeing native stories, modern and historical. No one I know of want another 'Kung Fu' experience. Oh, you're too young for that! Back in the 70s, in my early teens, Kung Fu came on TV on Thursday nights. But I was a huge Bruce Lee fan, and they gave it to David Carradine! I felt I was the only one who knew, because I knew Lee had shopped the story. (But it was still good, just not fair) Anyway, great video. I love how objective you are! 👍💙💖🥰✌
I’ve been enamored with Native Americans since I was a child living in Rennerdale, Pa. As a kid I played in deep woods, we kids found what we called, “the old barn.” Inside we’re hanging still on walls horse harnesses, & a lot of other material. No home existed on the site, but 2 graves were there as well. We collected so many artifacts from Native American arrow tips as well as a partial bow. We played there for years. Pitt University somehow found out about,”the old barn, & came to collect everything we had. I’ve loved going to pow-wows and have such grace given to the most beautiful of humans. They’d never had done to our earth what we’ve done. Shameful, isn’t it?
I can't wait for Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese. I just have faith in those two that they'll be respectful. I love history so I like watching historical movies about us but I also think not everything about us has to be leather and feather. I'm half Native(Ponca) I remember I was telling my stepdad as a teen, who was Cherokee and Creek, that Hollywood sounded like a kool place to be and he told me, "If you don't cut that long hair you will never be in any movie except for leather and feather films." I always hated that, I thought why do we have to make ourselves look like Caucasians just to be represented in modern times. I still really enjoy Hollywood films and I think we'll have our days in the sun again with good industry films and indies. Hopefully haha ✌🏽
If you're a descendant of European immigrants and you don't like the word Caucasian I am curious as to what you would prefer... I could see some people saying just American but then would we as Native Americans not just be Americans; why must we have the prefix in our own land I see Caucasian on the check boxes at the doctor's office and other things all the time and I wish we didn't have to fill those out, most the time I don't mark the correct one on purpose; but having some Small European blood myself I wonder what term I should use to describe that, I am sorry if this pondering out loud offends, but Caucasian is all I've been taught other than "white" but I guess Anglo-American would be the perfect word to describe descendants of Europeans
This was a great watch. As far as gaming goes, we have John Romero. Who would've thought one of the biggest games of all time that defined a genre was designed by a native dude?
With how I see it, KOTFM is gonna have a impact on both native themed and ndn runned movies/shows. Wether behind the scenes, or how the mainstream sees us and all of every tribe's history. Worse case: it still make non natives/ndn's who don't know of this still read the book and look up the stories. Best case: it becomes a blueprint(for the mainstream) on how to handle bringing in natives on projects for the story and for the people the story it's about. And the industry not having a 'these natives or no natives' attitude towards us and the story that's being made. overall just hoping that the mainstream get with the times and not relying on how ndn movies back in the 90s were handled or be the first thing to come in mind when talking native movies. Plus someone look at PNW's stories and see something there as someone from Umatilla rez. And lastly, A another area that could be explored is ndnizing animation. 🤷🏽
This may sound dorky but I wouldn't mind seeing that Native anime movie about the horse, Spirit, be made into a live action, but handled by Natives like Prey!
🔥 Y E S ....Great video! I worked in the film/television industry for 16 years as an editor + a scripty (I left in 2016). To see the Native representation taking hold is relieving, to say the least. Keep going, make your own shit, use every platform you can. Take it over. p.s. Can you please share where you found this Taika interview? Thank you!
Authenticity in MEDIA? Would you believe facts I lived through, I experienced based upon me, my looks...who I am without knowing anything about me? Try it!
It's not surprising to hear that the cast didn't have long to practice their Navajo, but it's still really frustrating! I'll omit the obvious reasons why, and skip to my opinion (excuse me on my nerd pedestal here): I just think that language...has the potential to be an important aspect of storytelling; of what makes film "art" rather than just "content". It's so disappointing that people [can] see that potential in Shakespeare, but completely miss out on all the _dimensions_ of expression available to us...just because they don't exist in English.
Look at me. Would you believe what I can share with you as important? How will you trust me about my appearance, my life and my experiences as truthful historical meaningful importance surrounding your tribal communities or about any Native American Indigenous Tribes? Come on! Let's find out about you...?
I am Anishinaabe First Nations Native, i am starting my own channel as we speak! I have been an artistic director for 20 years and i hope to share all kinds of resources for people.
Its nice to find you.
THANK FUCK there's finally an indigenous owned channel who discusses these things, as a native creative who eventually hopes to bring up these topics eventually in my videos. I NEVER see native owned channels like this and our stuff are usually just either entirely ignored or we're used as talking points or as a backdrop for otherwise nonnative stories.
I'd love to see some Indigenous Fantasy. There are already several Role Play systems designed by Indigenous creators for diverse settings: Exceptionals by Bramble Wolf Games (Super hero/Marvel-ish), and Coyote and Crow (Science Fantasy). Give us all the genres!
Coyote and Crow shout out! Thanks for the tip on Exceptionals. I'll have to check it out!
Im Salvadoran American, parents are central american but... im happy to see shows like RD make it and get love from everyone. Love your videos btw bro
I can imagine what your country and its history would reveal.
Sadly, most indigenous representative shows are being canceled or going to end.
Those who are writings and directors: keep that native representatives be in the mainstream.
Funny thing (and sad thing) about Apocalypto is it copied from a better film called In Necuepaliztli in Aztlan (Return to Aztlan), but instead of Maya, it's Aztec.
Then you have Santo Luzbel, which has comporary Nahuas.
There's Erendira Ikikunari, which is mixed between historical and oral tradition.
Great video, I love how they were able to know how to cast non-actors because they knew exactly what they were looking for and were already familiar with the places they were casting from. Native Run projects feel so much more authentic because you simply can't replicate that knowledge and connection, and I really hope we start getting more Native A-listers as well to be a box office draw
I knew about Killers of the Flower Moon because of the book and it made me soooo frustrated we weren’t taught more in school. Really glad the story is getting more reach.
Been binging your channel, so insightful and interesting, thank you!
I'm glad you brought up Canadian films. There is a lot going on here in the North- Blood Quantum, which you mentioned, and a lot of actors in Rez Dogs are from Canada: Devery Jacobs, Paulina Alexis, D'pharaoh woon-a-tai, Sarah and Jessica Podemski, Gary Farmer, Tiio Horn (Deer Lady), Graham Greene. I'm happy to see people I know in US productions, but too bad good native Canadian produced films, esp. if they don't pretend to be in the USA, often get overlooked. Jessical Matten from Dark Winds, Michael Greyeyes in Blood Quantum is from Canada. Tantoo Cardinal, first famous for Dances with Wolves, along William Belleau are both in Killers of the Flower Moon, Tiio Horn (Deer Lady), for example is well known for her role as Tanis in Letterkenny and a producer on Shoresy (Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat( from Prey) -- both series available on Hulu -- has an upcoming film she wrote and is directing (Seeds). I hope her work on Rez Dogs gets her a wider audience. I liked Slash/Back, not a huge production but it takes place in the very far north and is a genre sci fil alien film, the actors all local kids. I think the Canadian series "Little Bird" is available on PBS in the US, as is Three Pines on Amazon, the latter not First Nations produced but starring some recognizable (to me) First Nation actors (including Tantoo again, she's busy lately, recently appeared in Falls Around Her as well), has one season on Amazon, still hoping for a second. If you get a chance to see "Trickster", watch it. Fully Native production except the showrunner turned out to be a Pretendian....wish the author of the books had gone with another director, but I think she was heartbroken as were a lot of people. But definitely worth a watch! Not sure if you can access APTN in the US, but probably can watch their documentaries on UA-cam if not the tv shows.
Man! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS !!!! 👍🏽👍🏽 I LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT NATIVE FILMING…. 🙏🏽❤️🦅🐺
Another amazing video, thank you for putting this out there.
😊 thank you for inspiration for me to continue making dream native American zombie film 🎥
NMT, great review of standards and all. I'm curious about the film Killers of the Flower Moon. I got the book when it first came out as our friend right then is Osage, her father made a lot, and she's in her 70s. She, when I mentioned it to her, absolutely would not talk about it. So, I could ask no questions. As for native languages, I hope the media can help preserve them. I, non native, really prefer the authentic (as much as possible) in all of media. LOL, I loved your 'it's very indigenous'! I think everyone is interested in seeing native stories, modern and historical. No one I know of want another 'Kung Fu' experience. Oh, you're too young for that! Back in the 70s, in my early teens, Kung Fu came on TV on Thursday nights. But I was a huge Bruce Lee fan, and they gave it to David Carradine! I felt I was the only one who knew, because I knew Lee had shopped the story. (But it was still good, just not fair) Anyway, great video. I love how objective you are! 👍💙💖🥰✌
How many have read "The Deaths of Sybil Bolton" © 1995 by Dennis McAuliffe?
Dennis McAuliffe is the grandson of an Osage woman whose death was deemed "medical," then deemed a "suicide by a gunshot to the chest." In short, she was a victim of the Osage murders.
What bothered me about an otherwise good book, Dennis McAuliffe ACTIVELY perpetuated the "drunken Indian" stereotype, thereby overshadowing what his Grandmother suffered.
David Grann wrote the new foreword to "The Deaths of Sybil Bolton."
The fact that "Killers of the Flower Moon" was made into a movie seems to imply that the book told the story better than the one written by... the Osage descendant of an actual Osage victim of the horrors that were never truly solved.
Linda Hogan wrote "Mean Spirit," which was VERY loosely based on the Sybil Bolton story, but honestly missed the mark on historical events... deliberately. Why? I have no idea.
Still, if non-Indigenous people want to understand our perspectives, ask us, and let US tell our stories.
~An Old Apache Woman
I’ve been enamored with Native Americans since I was a child living in Rennerdale, Pa. As a kid I played in deep woods, we kids found what we called, “the old barn.” Inside we’re hanging still on walls horse harnesses, & a lot of other material. No home existed on the site, but 2 graves were there as well. We collected so many artifacts from Native American arrow tips as well as a partial bow. We played there for years. Pitt University somehow found out about,”the old barn, & came to collect everything we had. I’ve loved going to pow-wows and have such grace given to the most beautiful of humans. They’d never had done to our earth what we’ve done. Shameful, isn’t it?
I can't wait for Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese. I just have faith in those two that they'll be respectful. I love history so I like watching historical movies about us but I also think not everything about us has to be leather and feather. I'm half Native(Ponca) I remember I was telling my stepdad as a teen, who was Cherokee and Creek, that Hollywood sounded like a kool place to be and he told me, "If you don't cut that long hair you will never be in any movie except for leather and feather films." I always hated that, I thought why do we have to make ourselves look like Caucasians just to be represented in modern times. I still really enjoy Hollywood films and I think we'll have our days in the sun again with good industry films and indies. Hopefully haha ✌🏽
I don't know if I really like the term "Caucasian". The overwhelming majority of my ancestors were from Europe, not the Caucasus Mountains region.
@@AmandaFromWisconsin Anglo-Saxon might be the only term left, if not Caucasian. What would you call yourself honestly, I'm curious
If you're a descendant of European immigrants and you don't like the word Caucasian I am curious as to what you would prefer... I could see some people saying just American but then would we as Native Americans not just be Americans; why must we have the prefix in our own land
I see Caucasian on the check boxes at the doctor's office and other things all the time and I wish we didn't have to fill those out, most the time I don't mark the correct one on purpose; but having some Small European blood myself I wonder what term I should use to describe that, I am sorry if this pondering out loud offends, but Caucasian is all I've been taught other than "white" but I guess Anglo-American would be the perfect word to describe descendants of Europeans
Mentoring is such an important component to success.
This was a great watch.
As far as gaming goes, we have John Romero. Who would've thought one of the biggest games of all time that defined a genre was designed by a native dude?
You're right! He's part Yaqui and Cherokee! This makes me think even higher of him!
With how I see it, KOTFM is gonna have a impact on both native themed and ndn runned movies/shows. Wether behind the scenes, or how the mainstream sees us and all of every tribe's history. Worse case: it still make non natives/ndn's who don't know of this still read the book and look up the stories. Best case: it becomes a blueprint(for the mainstream) on how to handle bringing in natives on projects for the story and for the people the story it's about. And the industry not having a 'these natives or no natives' attitude towards us and the story that's being made. overall just hoping that the mainstream get with the times and not relying on how ndn movies back in the 90s were handled or be the first thing to come in mind when talking native movies. Plus someone look at PNW's stories and see something there as someone from Umatilla rez. And lastly, A another area that could be explored is ndnizing animation. 🤷🏽
This may sound dorky but I wouldn't mind seeing that Native anime movie about the horse, Spirit, be made into a live action, but handled by Natives like Prey!
🔥 Y E S ....Great video! I worked in the film/television industry for 16 years as an editor + a scripty (I left in 2016). To see the Native representation taking hold is relieving, to say the least. Keep going, make your own shit, use every platform you can. Take it over.
p.s. Can you please share where you found this Taika interview? Thank you!
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Have you ever seen the movie called “Indian Horse” from 2017?
Love this!
Authenticity in MEDIA? Would you believe facts I lived through, I experienced based upon me, my looks...who I am without knowing anything about me? Try it!
How can I see Bones of Crows?
Look it up and you can see how to watch it
same owners, new era.
Who are you including and excluding in your definition of "native" and why?
It's not surprising to hear that the cast didn't have long to practice their Navajo, but it's still really frustrating! I'll omit the obvious reasons why, and skip to my opinion (excuse me on my nerd pedestal here): I just think that language...has the potential to be an important aspect of storytelling; of what makes film "art" rather than just "content". It's so disappointing that people [can] see that potential in Shakespeare, but completely miss out on all the _dimensions_ of expression available to us...just because they don't exist in English.
Look at me. Would you believe what I can share with you as important? How will you trust me about my appearance, my life and my experiences as truthful historical meaningful importance surrounding your tribal communities or about any Native American Indigenous Tribes? Come on! Let's find out about you...?