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Assignment:

Overview: The representation of Native Americans in Western films has been problematic from the early days of silent cinema. The "Hollywood Indian" is a recognizable character type based on popular imagination and cultural stereotypes. In many Westerns the "good Indian" (male or female) is often played by a White actor in make-up, a practice that became known as "redface." This practice persisted well past the end of the Classical Hollywood era in films such as Little Big Man (1970) starring Dustin Hoffmann as a Native American and A Man Called Horse (1970) with British actor Richard Harris wearing redface while playing a White man captured by an indigenous tribe.

For this bonus discussion post, you will first watch two short video segments about the representation of Native Americans in film and them share your reflections based on the prompt below. You will earn up to 10 points for a post that shows you have reflected on the material.

Discussion Question:

What did you learn about the representation of Native Americans as presented in Hollywood films from these short videos? How does this relate to your own experience of seeing representations of Native Americans in films, tv or popular culture? Explain by discussing specific examples from the videos and from your own experience.