{"id":452071,"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=452071"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:56:02","slug":"native-america-calling-a-john-wayne-treasure-or-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/13\/native-america-calling-a-john-wayne-treasure-or-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: A John Wayne treasure or disaster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, March 13, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">The Searchers: Cinematic Treasure or Stereotypical Disaster?\r\n<\/div>\r\nJohn Ford\u2019s 1956 film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Searchers\">The Searchers\u201d<\/a> is often lauded as a masterpiece. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIt follows Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) as an unapologetically racist ex-Confederate soldier on an obsessive odyssey to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/great-movie-the-searchers-1956\">find his niece who was kidnapped by Comanches<\/a>. The question of what he does when he finds her is a central tension of the plot. It was one of the first films added to the National Film Registry and ranks among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afi.com\/news\/the-searchers-afi-movie-club\/\">greatest films of all time by the American Film Institute<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ii_7QnXPQxA\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/maxresdefault-2458.jpg\" alt=\"The Searchers (1956) Official Trailer - John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter Movie HD\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ii_7QnXPQxA\">\n\t\t\tThe Searchers (1956) Official Trailer &#8211; John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter Movie HD\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ii_7QnXPQxA\">\n\t\t\t<p>Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1u43jDeSubscribe to TRAILERS: http:\/\/bit.ly\/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http:\/\/bit.ly\/H2vZUnLike us on FACEB&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/5ccc1a49\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Searchers (1956):\r\n<a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/ii_7QnXPQxA> Official Trailer  <\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut its harmful stereotypes and other obvious drawbacks make it difficult watching for modern, informed audiences. As it marks 70 years since its release, tune in to hear from Native filmmakers and others about the place \u201cThe Searchers\u201c holds in film history.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso,  hear from Nuxalk filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banchi_Hanuse\">Banchi Hanuse<\/a> about her documentary film  \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/films\/2241765\">Ceremony<\/a>\u201d  that premieres this week at  the South by Southwest festival in Texas. The documentary examines the cultural role of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eulachon\">ooligan fish<\/a> in Hanuse\u2019s community in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bella_Coola,_British_Columbia\">Bella Coola<\/a>, British Columbia, Canada.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YOPTGPOoGdI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/maxresdefault-2459.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer: Ceremony (2026)\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YOPTGPOoGdI\">\n\t\t\tTrailer: Ceremony (2026)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YOPTGPOoGdI\">\n\t\t\t<p>Trailer: Ceremony \u00b7 84 mins \u00b7 Documentary \u00b7 Director: Banchi HanuseAmid the vanished ooligan run in the remote village of Bella Coola, voices rise through th&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/5ccc1a49\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Ceremony (2026): \r\n<a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/YOPTGPOoGdI>Official Trailer<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nSunrise Tippeconnie (Commanche, Navajo, and Cherokee), director of programming at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadcenterfilm.org\/\">deadCenter Film<\/a> and co-host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/reel-indigenous\/id1613960383\">\u201cReel Indigenous\u201d podcast<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kenburns.com\/staff\/julianna-brannum\/\">Julianna Brannum<\/a> (Comanche), documentary filmmaker\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isuma.tv\/members\/zacharias-kunuk\">Zacharias Kunuk<\/a> (Inuit), filmmaker\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/banchihanuse\/\">Banchi Hanuse<\/a> (Nuxalk), filmmaker, co-founder of Nuxalk Radio, and director of \u201cCeremony\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/13\/native-america-calling-a-john-wayne-treasure-or-disaster\/monumentvalley-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-452080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"452080\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/13\/native-america-calling-a-john-wayne-treasure-or-disaster\/monumentvalley-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/16\/MonumentValley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Monument Valley\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Director John Ford shot many of his films, including &amp;#8220;The Searchers&amp;#8221; from 1956, in the Monument Valley along the Utah-Arizona state line. 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