EPISODE · Sep 7, 2020 · 1H 39M
Behind the buckskin curtain w/ Jana Schmieding (pt. 1)
Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the first part of this interview, we review the final episode "Ghost Dance" in the TNT series Into the West (2005). In the second part of the interview, we review the Westworld episode "Kiksuya" (2018). Ali Nahdee on the "Aila Test": https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-the-aila-test-evaluates-representation-of-indigenous-women-in-media Find Jana's work here: http://www.janaschmieding.com Support: patreon.com/therednation
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