Reel Ingun; The History of the Native American in Film

In the documentary Reel Injun, we get a look into how Native Americans have been perceived in film throughout time and how in this modern day, Native Americans are trying to get themselves back on the map as humans using film. I have know how harshly Native Americans have been treated in Americas past and I understand that in film they are are usually perceived as savages and killers, but never I  have I really understood how terribly perceived  Natives are until this documentary. Having Native Americans be savages in movies I believe is so ingrained into us at an earlier age, that we no longer question if this is the correct way to see these people. Luckily with the bringing of Dances with Wolves in 1990 and other films during that time, Native Americans have begun to rebuild themselves in the movie industry and across the U.S.

Native Americans within the U.S. are fighting everyday for the survival of their culture and that does not even include their individual tribe's culture but the Native Americans culture as a whole. When the 1990's came around, Native Americans I feel really saw a chance to being their healing as a culture within the U.S. through the media of which had brought them down. We are lucky in this age to now  have Native Americans directing Native American films like Smoke Signals and The Fast Runner, bringing back the human in the Native American. I think with more films and time, Naive Americans will be able to gain back the impedance they have lost and create of better life for their people in reservations and also their image within the land they call home.