Brief discussion of how negative representations and/or lack of news coverage have contributed to attitudes about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 23-42
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Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.
Article explores the posts and comments from three different Blogs by Indigenous women; examines how intersectional rhetoric is constructed and used in these spaces, and how it serves to defend Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty.