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  • Collection: Indigenous Peoples Representation in Popular Culture

How Hollywood has changed its portrayal of Native Americans over the years - and still frequently falls short.

In her series Real NDNz Re-Take Hollywood, Peters recreated iconic classic Hollywood photographs, with Indigenous actors portraying stars like Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner.

Marlon Brando explains in detail his position regarding discrimination of Native Americans

When Leonardo DiCaprio won the best drama film actor Golden Globe for his role in The Revenant, he closed his speech by thanking "all the indigenous communities around the world. It is time that we recognize your history "

Johnny Depp appeared in the new Dior campaign, titled "We are the land".

A character from Tommy Orange’s There There writes to the actor about what it meant to see Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards.

Native American cast leaves Adam Sandler flick - "Nothing has changed, we`re still just Hollywood Indians".

Indians in literature-Indians of North America-Public opinion-Racism-Indians in motion pictures
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