“They said, ‘We need an authentic, sassy, matriarchal auntie, " said New Breast. "And I said, ‘I’m a real, Blackfoot, sassy, bad - auntie. . it’s what people call me.’”
A shift is underway in Hollywood, one that gives Indigenous people an opportunity to shed the sidekick or villain image for more culturally accurate representations.
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