Challenging Native Stereotypes in Smoke Signals

For many years, native Americans have experienced stereotypes in one way in films,

for example, being aggressive, sidekicks, or spiritual. Such stereotypes

are damaging as they negate the fact that native people have their own lives,

characters, and culture even in the present time. The President Day native identity

is a mixture of different aspects, and each tribe and each individual is unique.

It is important to counteract stereotypes as it enables natives to safeguard their heritage and be

recognized as human beings, not as characters from Hollywood. Connection to Smoke

Signals 1: Victor acts tough Victor acts to be a mean and silent person because that