Imagining the Indian: The Fight Agains t Native American Mascoting is an award-winning documentary that exam ines the movement that is ending the use of Native American names\, logos\ , and mascots in the world of sports and beyond. The film details the curr ent uprising against the misappropriation of Native culture in a national reckoning about racial injustice that has succeeded in the removal of Conf ederate imagery\, toppling statues of Christopher Columbus and forcing cor porate sponsors of Washington&rsquo\;s NFL team to demand it change its mo st-offensive name. It examines the origin and proliferation of the words\, images\, and gestures that many Native people and their allies find offen sive. Imagining the Indian explores the impact that stereotyping and marginalization of Native history have had on Native people. It chroni cles the long social movement to eliminate mascoting.
\nNR. (1hr 35 min). This documentary is made available through Kanopy\, a digital streaming service available to all Ocean C ounty residents with a library card. \;
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