The Screen Addict Recommends – Wes Studi

Fantastic interview with a phenomenal actor.

I have to admit that it always confuses me when Native Americans or indigenous people refer to themselves as “Indians”. I was taught that the moniker stems from Christopher Columbus erroneous assumption that he had reached The Indies by sailing in the opposite direction of the route that explorers had thus far travelled.

Convinced he had arrived at his intended destination, he referred to the original inhabitants of the area – presently known as The American Continent – as Indios. The word “Indian” therefore always held a negative, imperialistic connotation for me.

I am, of course, by no means a historian and an attempt to grasp the complexity of this matter in just a few words would be exceedingly ignorant, so please read the interview with Studi instead.

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