Everything Amerindian
Remarks: Judy Kuhn (White American) is the one who sings this song in the Disney film “Pocahontas” (1995). The song was written by Steven Schwartz and composed by Alan Mencken. All three are Jewish Americans born in New York who came to Disney by way of Broadway. I would count this as a case of Hollywood whitewashing. Continue reading and for
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The first Europeans to arrive in North America’s various regions relied on Native women to help them navigate unfamiliar customs and places. This study of three well-known and legendary female cultural intermediaries, Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea, examines their initial contact with Euro-Americans, their negotiation of multinational frontiers, and their symbolic representation over time. Well before their first contact with Europeans
Read moreby Adrienne K Last night I went on a mini Twitter-rant when I discovered that Pocahontas was on Netflix. It wasn’t the fact that the move was just on the site, it was the description that they had assigned it. Oh the description: Continue reading Sourced through Scoop.it from: nativeappropriations.com
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