'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism
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In this photo provided by Corey Johnson, actor and longtime activist Georgina Lightning poses for a picture at Catalyst Production studio, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. Im not at all surprised that theyre doing this because Hollywoods been appropriating our trauma and our lived experience for years and years and years, said Lightning. (Corey Johnson via AP)This image released by ABC shows Jade Pettyjohn, from left, Jesse James Keitel and Natalie Alyn Lind in a scene from "Big Sky." Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. (Darko Sikman/ABC via AP)FILE - David E. Kelley speaks at the "The Undoing" panel during the HBO TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 15, 2020. Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. The show's producers include David E. Kelley ("Big Little Lies," The Undoing) and novelist C.J. Box, whose 2013 book The Highway was adapted for the series. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)This image released by ABC shows Natalie Alyn Lind in a scene from "Big Sky." Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. (Darko Sikman/ABC via AP)This image released by Paramount Network shows, Gil Birmingham, from the series "Yellowstone." Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. Native Americans are used to being routinely ignored by American popular culture, with their presence on TV barely a blip as just a handful of shows. Paramount Network's Yellowstone" includes them. (Emerson Miller/Paramount Network via AP)
Corey Johnson
In this photo provided by Corey Johnson, actor and longtime activist Georgina Lightning poses for a picture at Catalyst Production studio, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Native American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. Im not at all surprised that theyre doing this because Hollywoods been appropriating our trauma and our lived experience for years and years and years, said Lightning. (Corey Johnson via AP)
