Reflection 2

 Last week we went through many different things reading more of the book Ceremony and watching the documentary the Real Injun. The book Ceremony is still just too confusing for me and I still do not understand  it. After watching the Reel Injun you could really see the racism change for native Americans especially in the movies. At first in the movie industry there were no Indians in movies at all, they would have Caucasians play the Native Americans . When native Americans were put in the movies they would always be the bad guys and the white american would always be the hero that kills the savages. You can see how racist the movie industry was at first. As you go along in the years you can see it start to change. More Native Americans start coming into movies in the 90's . you really saw a change because Indians weren't always the bad guy. Being a Native american started to be come cool. During these years you start seeing movies that portray the  native american as the bad ass hero. For example is the movie Rambo played by Sylvester Stallone. He is a native american that was a hero in the movie. In the early years of the movies Indians were always portrayed as having worn a head band or every Indian wearing a chief feather hat. This actually was not the case at all. Only the chief would have the feather hat, and the Injuns would really never have a head band. But there wasn't just racism  in the movie industry. You would see racism just in general. When thinking of a native american in general, people would think they all are alcoholics. They have a problem with drinking and drugs. Another thing people think of when talking about Native Americans is that they all ride horses bareback and shoot bows and arrows, which is not even true. Before watching this documentary I'll admit I knew very little about Native Americans, but after watching this move I feel like I know a lot more and I really enjoyed the film.