Disney has been criticised for its on-screen representations of Native Americans and is being urged to pay reparations to advocacy groups.Shannon O’Loughlin, executive director of the Washington DC-based Association on American Indian Affairs, said Disney’s portrayal of native people in films such as Pocahontas (1995) “leaves a lot to be desired”.O’Loughlin told the PA news agency: “It is indicative of how invisible Native Americans are and how no-one really understands who Native Americans are, except for caricatures of them.
It is hard for many Americans, let alone people around the world, to understand there are 574 federally recognised tribes in the United States.“That means 574 tribes that have government to government relationships,.
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