Join me for a rousing and illuminating conversation with Elias Gold, whom I discovered through his channel, Native Media Theory.

Elias takes us through a journey through time, from the written descritions of Viking explorers, to the earliest Spanish colonizers, through romance books, early cinema, and up to the present day, when native people are more and more stepping into roles as writers and directors to tell their stories widely.

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Here is Elias’ excellent channel.

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As examples, this episode includes clips from the following films and TV shows:

The Lone Ranger

Thunderheart

Black Panther

Pocahontas

Avatar 2

Evan Almighty

Smoke Signals

Reservation Dogs

Russell Means

Rutherford Falls

Prey

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

and thanks also to Eisa Davis for her funny and poignant song, The Ballad of the Magical Negro, performed at Joe’s Pub

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