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Scott and the NACH co-sponsored the Foundation’s screening of the 1993 made-for-television movie “Medicine River” this past Wednesday. The film stars legendary Native American actor Graham Greene as an estranged Canadian Indian endeavoring to reconcile himself to tribal culture after his mother’s untimely demise...
Despite its somber subject matter, the film is actually a comedy. Scott said the film’s juxtaposition of the tragic and comic as characteristic of “Indian humor”: “Indian humor is an important facet of Native American culture because it reflects our ability to laugh in spite of great suffering and sadness. In popular culture, there is a stereotype that Native Americans aren’t funny, or are very stoic and serious. The movie shows that Native Americans are just like everyone else and can be comedic...
Spivey’s close family ties might play into unfortunate stereotypes about southerners, but she self-identifies with an American Indian community, can quote Stanley Kubrick, and indulges in improv comedy with the Immediate Gratification Players...
Earlier this month, the University hosted a two-day conference celebrating the 350th anniversary of Harvard Indian College, which sought to convert members of the local Wampanoag tribe to Christianity...
...subjects. You all will know more about the history of Harvard's relations with the Native American community than do I, but I do know enough to know that in the University's founding documents, it refers to the fact that among other things, Harvard will be an Indian school. And that just a hundred yards, if that, from my office is a plaque on what is today Matthews Hall celebrating what was the first brick building that was used to educate Indian students some 300 years...