people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa london. i grew up here, but i m a proud member of the indian tribe of alaska. as an alaskan native, my native identity includes as everything i do. as an msnbc contributor, entrepreneur, and former miss alaska usa. alaska airlines flew me to washington, but i m not here to be in seattle. i m on my way across the puget sound. we are really moving! to the suquamish tribal nation. these are the plans of chief seattle, a suqua
well, it s the images that people see in tv and film, it s the media that they consume that really shapes their worldview and how they perceive different communities. jane, to your point, i remember growing up, i come home every day and watch, like, bugs bunny, elmer fudd. i will never forget they would always be wild west of, but there was, like, a native guy and, you know, big belly, big red nose. like, this neurotypical thing. but he had a sash on and it said, vanishing american. i will never forget, he walked across the screen and he disappeared. and now the work i do, to really understand how profoundly a people is and if you live in certain parts of this country, you re not even sure if native people still exist. we partnered with nielsen last year and they found that 53% of men that answered their survey said, the only time that they ve ever seen anything related to native peoples s when they are watching sports and see racist sports mascots. and that s people running around