Reel Injun Quiz

A  It has led to greater commercial success in film

B  It has increased tribal sovereignty

C  It enables Indians to portray themselves without the filter of the white gaze. It gives them power of self-expression and self-definition

D  It helps them reclaim their identity as “noble” individuals

A  Indians became “cool” and their culture was commodified by the mainstream

B  They became emblematic of broader social movements like the environmental movement

C  All of these

D  They became symbolic of oppressed peoples in general.

A  None of these.

B  It’s not a tool of colonialism; it’s harmless entertainment.

C  By portraying Indians as subhuman, Indians–especially children–began to internalize this idea, seeing themselves as worthless.

D  Hollywood has historically promoted positive images of Native Americans.

A  It equates them with Nazis.

B  It depicts Natives as a threat to American progress and portrays them as vicious and bloodthirsty.

C  It doesn’t address tribal diversity.

D  All of these.

A  Someone who “looks” like an Indian (i.e. someone in Hollywood’s version of “traditional” tribal costume)

B  A stoic, silently suffering individual

C  All of these.

D  Someone who is connected to the earth