The Rise of Indigenous TV Programs

Niigaan and the Lone Ranger by Winnipeg Free Press

Episode notes

Fans of streaming video may have noticed there has been a proliferation of Indigenous-led television and movies this year.

On various platforms right now, there is a wealth of Indigenous programming, among them: Reservation Dogs, the bittersweet story of native youth growing up on an Oklahoma reservation; Dark Winds, the big-budget detective drama (executive producer Robert Redford) that takes place on a Navajo reservation; and Three Pines, based on the Chief Insp. Armand Gamache novels (by Canadian author Louise Penny), which confronts issues such as missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and the legacy of residential schools.

To get some perspective on how Indigenous people are interpreting all this mainstream content, this week’s episode of Niigaan & the Lone Ranger (the podcast host ... 

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