Reply #8: Another good link, with words from a Nez Perce student

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http://www.lmtribune.com/blogs/2011/05/03/cultured/spencer-to-testify-to-congress-against-use-of-racist-stereotypes/

Spencer to testify to Congress against use of racist stereotypes
Posted on 03 May 2011 by jbauer



Actor Chaske Spencer is to testify May 5, 2011 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs at an oversight hearing on “Stolen Identities: The Impact of Racist Stereotypes on Indigenous People.”

One of the themes of the hearing is doing away with American Indian mascots which many believe reinforce harmful and stifling stereotypes about indigenous people.

Spencer has been asked to join the hearing to represent the emerging indigenous actors and directors who are working to define the ways their culture is portrayed, according to a press release about the event.

“I am honored to have been given the incredible opportunity to contribute in whatever way possible to the positive shift in the portrayal of native people in the media,” Spencer says in the release.

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