A look at racist Native American representation in media, gaming culture

By Steve Bynum
Ashlee Bird
Artist Steven Paul Judd’s “Still Here”. Paul Judd / Ashlee Bird
Ashlee Bird
Artist Steven Paul Judd’s “Still Here”. Paul Judd / Ashlee Bird

A look at racist Native American representation in media, gaming culture

By Steve Bynum
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Indigenous representation in American media has fed into a genocidal history. A Native American scholar tells Reset how the multibillion dollar gaming industry furthers this legacy.

GUEST: Ashlee Bird, game designer; Moreau post doctoral fellow in American Studies, University of Notre Dame