Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

TODAY!

A conversation with (my friend!) Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee and Native rights advocate Suzan Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee), Director of the National Museum of the American Indian Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo/Hopi/Tewa/Navajo), and National Museum of the American Indian Founding Director W. Richard West Jr. (Southern Cheyenne).

THE Film | Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

(2022, 95 Minutes, United States) Directors: Aviva Kempner and Ben West (Cheyenne)

Imagining the Indian is a comprehensive examination of the movement to eradicate demeaning and offensive words, images, and gestures in the world of sports. The film takes a deep dive into the issues through archival footage and interviews with those involved in the fight. The psychological research is clear: the use of Native American mascots is detrimental, not only to Native people but to marginalized groups everywhere.  PREVIEW👇

It takes a VISION and WE THE PEOPLE... Mitakuye Oyasin: we are all related. WE TRULY ARE! 

Be well my relatives, and keep on keeping on... TLH

PRIOR DISCUSSION👇

 NMAI is on youtube: https://americanindian.si.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D162392773

National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/