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Oklahoman For more than a century, cinema has been a favored American way to tell stories of different peoples and cultures.  But the mainstream movie industry hasnt always treated Native American stories fairly or authentically.  "If you look at Native representation in history, its been pretty bad. So, almost showing any truthful, real version of Native people is humanizing. ... I think anytime we show Native people kind of on their terms and in their environments, were humanizing (them) on...

Native filmmakers are changing the narrative that history has kind of laid on us Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman © [Sundance Institute] "Little Chief," a narrative short film directed by indigenous filmmaker Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga) had its world premiere as part of the Shorts Selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Tremblay is original from Oklahoma and lensed the short in Oklahoma. The short film stars Lily Gladstone, left and Julian Ballentyne. For more than a cent...