racechange: Native Americans

Featuring actresses ‘painted down’ to portray Native American women not only in Westerns, but also South Americans, including Maya, Inca and Aztec women.

Killing the Indian Maiden By M Elise Marubbio examines some aspects of the portrayal of Native american women in the movies. Marubbio has described the stereotypical roles for Native American women in the movies as the ‘celluloid princess’, the ‘sexualised maiden’, the hag, and the fat squaw’. ‘Squaw’ is an offensive word to many, I acknowledge, but one which accurately describes the demeaning nature of the cgharacter so described.