JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)
PBS Digital Studios highlights a new wave of Native American comedies, written and created by Native peoples who are taking back their narratives. With historical misrepresentation in television and film, LandBack is shifting the storyline from Westerns and storylines of defeat and challenges the stereotypes and addresses big political movements. This PBS Digital Studios video offers special guests, Rutherford Falls writer, Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, and associate professor and author of “Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960s”, Liza Black, to trace the history of Native American representation and tell us how Hollywood has progressed from grotesque stereotypes to nuanced characters.
