Using your comments I made a Disney song! I was going for something you would hear in Frozen or Beauty and the Beast. Let me know how I did, and remember to comment lyrics for next week’s song! Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUf5_EPEfl4zlBKZHkZdmw?sub_confirmation=1 Comment a country lyric! Follow me on Instagram ► […]
Disney’s Pocahontas (1995) is about a free spirited young woman that is caught between her freedom and an arranged marriage, until sails comes on the horizon. John Smith (Mel Gibson) and the Virginia Company come to the New World in search of gold and will kill any Indians in their […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything What is culture? Can it even be appropriated? Is there a difference between appreciation and appropriation? Join Danielle in the theoretical minefield! […]
Native American representation in film and TV used to be confined to Westerns and storylines of defeat. Today, a new wave of Native American comedies, written and created by Native peoples, are taking back their narratives. Shows like Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls challenge stereotypes and address big political movements […]
Disney’s portrayal of Pocahontas is… problematic. Are there parallels between historical myths and the plight of Native women today? Join host Tai Leclaire to discover how settler culture, the white male savior complex, racism in the media, and harmful stereotypes contribute to the ongoing MMIW2S crisis. You can watch the […]
