Reel Injun Quiz

A  It has led to greater commercial success in film

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

C  It has increased tribal sovereignty

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

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

B  All of these

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

D  They became symbolic of oppressed peoples in general.

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

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

C  Hollywood has historically promoted positive images of Native Americans.

D  None of these.

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

B  It doesn’t address tribal diversity.

C  It equates them with Nazis.

D  All of these.

A  A stoic, silently suffering individual

B  Someone who is connected to the earth

C  All of these.

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