Indigenous Peoples on TV and Social Media

Description

Watch one or more episodes of a recent television series centering on Native American characters, such as:

Reservation Dogs (on Hulu)

Echo (on Disney+)

• Outer Range (on Amazon Prime Video)
• Dark Winds (on AMC+ or you can start a 7-Day Free Trial of AMC+ on Amazon Prime Video)
• Rutherford Falls (on Peacock)
• Prey (on Hulu) (this is a feature-length film but it premiered on Hulu so we will count it as television).
• If you have none of the above streaming services, you can access an episode of Reservation Dogs, an episode of Dark Winds, and an episode of Rutherford Falls from this Google Drive folder.Links to an external site.
• Write a 2-to-3-page, double-spaced essay about how the series either reinforces or breaks the media stereotypes of Native Americans discussed in three (3) of the readings assigned in this module (you can choose from Bataille, Churchill, Bird, George, Hersey, or Canote). 

Alternative Prompt

If you have neither access to streaming services and also cannot access the Google Drive folder with episodes of the listed series, then you can answer this alternative prompt: Write about #NODAPL, the hashtag and the movement. What was it about? Cite the Chubb, Estes, and the Garzo-Montalvo readings in explaining the purpose and impact of #NODAPL.