'Native Americans in Media' to be the focus on next History Speaks Nov. 7

On Sunday, Nov. 7, Naper Settlement's History Speaks series continues with "No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media" from 4 to 5 p.m. on Zoom.

Speaker Ernest M. Whiteman III discusses the many representations of Native Americans in media and how these representations inform audiences' perceptions of Native peoples and issues.

This presentation is loosely structured as a three-part magic act. The acts are separated by personal anecdotes that reflect the ideology of lived experience versus the authorship of expertise of Native representation.

Whiteman is a Northern Arapaho filmmaker, artist, writer, and media educator. He is currently working on a feature-length, full-text, contemporary adaptation of "Hamlet" which will include a full cast of Native American actors. He is the director of First Nations Film and Video Festival Inc., a nonprofit film festival supporting Native American directors of all skill levels and finding venues to help them express their views and screen their films. Whiteman teaches an upper-level communications course, Native Americans in Media at the University of Wisconsin Parkside, and is a Teaching Artist with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education.

Whiteman also has self-published a short stories collection "The Autobiography of Blue Woman" in 2013. Last year, "A Rez Tale," his second completed novel, was self-published.

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