Episode 03: Indigenous Cultures in Horror

This episode was recorded on July 8, 2023 and posted on July 29, 2023.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 3 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly Introductions to our guest - Aukai Ligairi, documentary filmmaker and podcasting legend, aka Wolfman Josh Today's Topic: Indigenous Cultures in Horror Discussion of Indigenous Representation in Media Representation gap of native cultures in film Impact of harmful representations and stereotypes like "The Indian Burial Ground" Who has the right to tell which stories? Access for native creators in film and television Ethics of retelling native folklore, like the Wendigo, by nonnative creators Ethics of consuming media with "problematic" representations of native cultures Eurocentric folk horror connections to native reparations  Worst & Best Representations of Indigenous Cultures in Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst The Manitou (1978) - Lonely The Ghost Dance (1982) - Suzie Scalps (1983) - Aukai Creepshow 2 (1987) - Lonely Wendigo (2001) - Lonely  Best The Dead Lands (2014) - Aukai Mohawk (2017) - Aukai Blood Quantum (2019) - Suzie The Dead Lands (2020) - Aukai Antlers (2021) - Suzie & Lonely Prey (2022) - Aukai Slash/back (2022) - Aukai & Suzie Suzie's Deep Cuts  Nightwing (1979) Ravenous (1999) The Dead Can't Dance (2010) Final Thoughts Where do you see the future of native storytelling in horror? Thank you to our guest!  Follow Aukai on Instagram & Twitter @aukaiviti and on Letterboxd @aukailigari. Stream Cleanflix (2012) on Tubi and Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (2022) on Disney+.  Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Projectile Varmint - catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly.  Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com.  Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources & Additional Reading Anthony, E. (2020, November 28). Native American horror: Exploring the people over the legends. The Emory Wheel. https://emorywheel.com/native-american-representation-in-horror/ Budzinski, N. (2021, December 10). "It's all an indian burial ground": Folk horror cinema's reckoning with Colonial Violence. ArtReview. https://artreview.com/its-all-an-indian-burial-ground-folk-horror-cinema-reckoning-with-colonial-violence/ Echo Hawk, C. (2021, October 11). Indigenous representation is still scarce in Hollywood: "we need more native stories" (guest column). Variety. https://variety.com/2021/film/opinion/indigenous-representation-hollywood-native-stories-1235086445/ Elliot, A. (2017, October 17). The rise of Indigenous horror: How a fiction genre is confronting a monstrous reality. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5323428  Hubbell-Hinton, K. (2021, August 20). The power of Indigenous Horror. Indigenous Goddess Gang. https://www.indigenousgoddessgang.com/indigenous-cinematics/2021/8/15/the-power-of-indigenous-horror  National Museum of the American Indian. (2023). Native knowledge 360°-celebrating native cultures through words: Storytelling and oral traditions. Home Page. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/storytelling-and-oral-traditions