Author: Racquel Banaszak

American Indian Diversity In Film. An official movie image, with the title "Smoke Signals" and three people with long dark hair, smiling in front of a desert landscape.

Smoke Signals (film)

“Smoke Signals” was marketed as the first feature film written, directed, and produced by Native Americans. It is an important movie for Indian Country and

Racquel Banaszak

Racquel Banaszak is a citizen of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She is an artist and indigenous education advocate. She enjoys studying

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