“Reservation Dogs,” FX’s new comedy about Indigenous teens in rural Oklahoma co-created by Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo, is breaking ground for Native American representation in Hollywood. With …
With a team almost entirely made up of Native creatives, what’s the show’s most innovative storytelling element? According to them, it’s the simple fact that “Reservation Dogs” has a sense of humor.
Zahn McClarnon, the “Westworld” and “Longmire” actor who plays police officer Big in “Reservation Dogs,” concurred. “There’s a different vibe on the reservation in the way we share our humor,” he said. “[Now], we’ve got a space to show the world. There’s a lot more than just the mysticism and all the ‘wise Indian’ stuff. One of the things that ties our community together is humor.”
Devery Jacobs and Lane Factor attend the premiere of FX’s ‘Reservation Dogs’ at Neuehouse on August 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaOn a similar note, Devery Jacobs, who plays Elora Danan, emphasized the importance of seeing varied images of Indigenous people’s lives. “We are not a monolith,” she said. “I come from the Mohawk Nation. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai is Oji-Cree and Guyanese. Paulina Alexis is from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.
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