Analysis Of The Video 'Reel Injun'

While watching the video, “Reel Injun” it made me realize how much the First Nations people as a culture were impacted and wrongfully stereotyped. The video was very informative on how they were viewed and how the Western Europeans portrayed them in the Western Films. With the movies, the First Nations people were terribly stereotyped so that had a strong impact on how the rest of the world perceived them. There were many movies “They Died with their Boots on” depicted the First Nations people in a very inaccurate way. That movie along with many others had the First Nations people wearing the same costumes regardless of where they were from. The producers and directors would have they First Nations people wearing a headband, bracelets and