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A 4 page paper which examines the development of the Native American in the field of entertainment: films. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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or radio of the old days, we often picture the vicious savage who was always the object of destruction. There has always, it seems, been the reality that there have
been "stereotypical depictions of Native Americans in Westerns, from silent to present day films" (Starz). We envision how they were generally stereotyped and that the cowboys were the good guys
and the Indians the bad guys. However, as the entertainment field has developed along with the society we see more and more realistic portrayals of the Native American. The following
paper discusses the development of the manner in which Native Americans have been portrayed in the field of entertainment. Native Americans The portrayal of the Native American in
the field of entertainment is seems to really have begun with the silent film, although it is likely that productions in the old west had Native Americans portrayed in many
different ways. For example, the old traveling show of Buffalo Bill is notorious for making fun of all western figures. But, it is film that brought the image of the
Native American into the lives of every day people. And, for the most part, "The Westerns which have treated black Americans, Indians, and women cruelly, thus, have always been left
out of the selection" (Mikiro). They have never really been presented in film, showing how Natives were actually treated. One of the most renowned experts on Native Americans and
their treatment in society in general is Ward Churchill. He states that back in 1911 a Winnebago Indian, James Young Deer, "directed a film titled Yacqui Girl, one of several
commercially successful productions he completed before going off to make documentaries in France during World War 1" (Churchill). However, when he returned his career seemed doomed and he had to
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