Johnny Depp & The Never Ending Hollywood Indian -Michelle Shining Elk


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

February 18, 2013

Hollywood Baggage. This day in age, we still have Hollywood baggage that perpetuates American Indian stereotypes. We are in what century? Oh right…the 21st. Guess Depp didn’t get the memo when he was preparing for his role in “The Lone Ranger.” — How we (as American Indian people) are described or portrayed, even this day [...]read more

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

(Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

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Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota

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