A writer researching his great-great-uncles, all three born on a Chickasaw reservation, discovers they were major moviemakers in the early days of Hollywood.
The critical success of the FX series “Reservation Dogs” and the spotlight on performers like Lily Gladstone, an Academy Award nominee for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” have heightened awareness of Indigenous cultures and stories, particularly in Hollywood, where until recently they’ve been mostly caricatured — or absent — during the century-plus history of the entertainment industry.
“The kind of skin-color-based discrimination that someone might have had — they wouldn’t have experienced because they were not identifiable as people of color in any way. So unless someone knew they had Chickasaw heritage it wasn’t apparent. And they controlled that narrative; they marketed it.” Carewe was especially skilled at leveraging his Chickasaw heritage to promote his projects. “ identified and advertised an Indigenous identity for the public,” Hearne said.
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