While Native Americans represent 1.3% of the U.S ... that put Native women at the center. Moreover, when a cast features Native men and women it is clearly a departure from the patterns of ...

Oscar-winning actor Wes Studi was Number 19 on The New York Times’ “25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far)” list. At the beginning of Native American Heritage Month, there is no ...

What’s more, only 99 of these 133 Native American movie roles were played by actual Native Americans – a total of 45 men and 19 women. Forty-nine of these 64 Native actors appeared in just one ...

One of those new actors, Kauchani Bratt (who plays ... “When it comes to mental health and emotional well-being as Native Americans and Native men, it’s sometimes it’s hard to really do ...

Native actors Jeremiah Bitsui, Martin Sensmeier and Derek Hinkey were featured on a panel at the Navajo Nation Economic ...

The depiction of Jacob and his tribe being over-sexualized strong men with animalistic tendencies ... be an excellent ...

Given the historically insensitive portrayals of Native Americans in film over the years, the Indigenous actors who signed on ...

The decision to cast Native American men and women "is clearly a departure from the patterns of erasure and invisibility that are often the norm when it comes to this community," she added.

The two women, significantly, also have the highest caliber of previous acting experience among the Native cast. Cara Jade Myers, whose tough and sympathetic performance as Anna has garnered ...