Continuing season 1 in animated-fairytale-princess fashion, we decided to cover a young woman who gets little to no recognition. Tiger Lily, from Peter Pan, is not actually a Princess, as Native tribes do not function as a monarchy. So, misnomer alert! But since she is incorrectly called a princess in the film, we thought we’d lift her up. We do our best to call out the ways Peter Pan presented and codified racist stereotypes of Native Americans in pop culture. We wanted to give Tiger Lily some positive attention as a young Native woman, and honor indigenous peoples that continue to face prejudice, erasure and violence.
At the end of this episode, we read the book: “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story,” as well as the author’s note, which details the history and meaning behind the story. If you would like to buy the book you can do so, here: https://www.amazon.com/Fry-Bread-Native-American-Family/dp/1626727465
Also, we would love to help donate to some Native American non-profits: This one is near and dear to a good friend of mine, who is part Blackfeet. This school teaches kids all subjects in their own language: https://www.pieganinstitute.org/
Next is another amazing organization to which to donate, as they are pivotal in fighting for Indigenous sovereignty and youth education. They were also a force in getting the Native Graves and Repatriation Act passed. They are the oldest non-profit fighting for rights of Native people in the US: https://www.indian-affairs.org/
And this is the Navajo Covid 19 Relief Fund: http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html
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