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Whenever there’s a movie that features Indigenous Americans, there’s always the fear that the portrayal will marginalize or reinforce existing stereotypes. There’s of course the thought this could be the case with the new Martin Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon, but if this viral video from Cannes featuring authentic war cries is any indication, everything is looking great. An account named Dakota Running Crane shared a clip from the end of the screening of the film at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year,…

Cynthia Ruiz, the first Native American ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, got some bad news from City Hall recently.Ruiz said a deputy mayor called her on May 26 to say she was being removed after serving just one year on the panel that oversees the Department of Water and Power. “It’s not about you,” Ruiz said she was told. “If you want to go on to a different commission, let me know and I can make it happen.” What followed was a moment of shock and uncomfortable silence, Ruiz…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Derogatory stereotypes constitute a clear form of discrimination, but an absence of information about a group in mainstream society can also communicate a lack of respect for a community. That is the case for Native Americans, who are often underrepresented in media and policy discussions. In a recent Psychological Science study, researchers found that Native American adults who identified…

For boys of the Oglala Lakota tribe like 12-year-old Matho (LaDainian Crazy Thunder), and young men such as 23-year-old Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting), growing up on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota is a daily battle. Without a consistent male role model, Matho shapes himself in the image of his errant, unpredictable, meth-addicted dad. Already the father of two baby boys by two different women, Bill is determined to hustle his way out of poverty, juggling jobs for a sleazy local turkey farmer, and hoping to sell…

Image Source : APPLE Apple introduces built-in VPN support in tvOS 17: Check details here Apple has unveiled its latest operating system, tvOS 17, which introduces the ability for developers to create VPN applications for Apple TV. This feature is expected to benefit enterprise and education users, allowing them to access content on private networks, and expanding the…

Apple TVs will get native VPN app support in tvOS 17, according to an Apple press release (via 9to5Mac). It’s one of many features that didn’t make it into the keynote at WWDC 2023, but it could be a big deal for some folks. Assuming native VPN apps on Apple’s streaming box work as they do elsewhere, you might not have to wait to get home to catch up on streaming shows when traveling with an Apple TV 4K in tow.Right now, in tvOS 17, to use a VPN with your Apple TV, you’ll need to do something like install a VPN on your…

Tesla is going to repeat a loophole it has previously used to open stores and service centers where direct sale laws prevent it by operating on native land. This time, the automaker is doing it in New York. There are a few states in the US that have laws prohibiting direct sales of electric vehicles to the public without going through third-party dealerships. These bans come from old laws that were meant to protect car dealers from their own automakers supplying the vehicles. The idea is…

Mead articulated burbot vertebrae. Credit: Ben Potter Research led by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks has delved into the freshwater fishing practices of ancient Native Americans. In the paper, "Freshwater and anadromous fishing in Ice Age Beringia," published in Science Advances, the anthropologists detail zooarchaeological and biomolecular analyses of fish remains from several…

Margaret Cho isn’t the only comedy legend to hail from the Bay, but she might be the angriest. She grew up in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, and began her comedy career doing sets at a local club across from the bookstore her family owned on Polk and California streets. After a few years in stand-up, Cho got her big break as the star of “All-American Girl,” a 1994 ABC sitcom based on her comedy routine. While the show was canceled after a short run, and some disruptions to her career ensued, Cho is a…

Windows 11 is set to gain support for additional file compression and archiving formats. At the ongoing Microsoft Build developer conference, the company announced a few new features coming to Windows 11 including native RAR support. The addition of support for multiple file compression formats will allow users to open, extract, and edit archives in various formats without having to install additional third-party tools. The company is yet to reveal when support for the new formats is coming to Windows 11.On Tuesday,…