Indigenous Representation in Comics
A series of threads examining good, complicated, problematic, and groundbreaking representations of Indigenous characters and cultural practices in historical and contemporary comics.
What’s it all about?
Indigenous characters and cultural practices have not always been represented thoughtfully in comics. On the contrary, they have often been portrayed in deeply problematic ways, reflecting harmful steroetypes. This series of threads examinates problematic portrayals but focuses on comics by contemporary Indigenous creators who have been rewriting and redrawing stereotypes.
An Introduction to Indigenous Representation in Comics
For the next couple weeks, Sequential Scholars will be exploring the historic representation of Indigenous peoples in comics artwork: the good, the bad, the modest gains, the breakthrough triumphs, and the disheartening setbacks. 1/8
You can also jump ahead to specific threads. Here’s a full list of topics:
An Introduction to Indigenous Representation in Comics
Territorial Acknowledgment
Inuit Shamanism in “Rosie”
Revisiting the Birth of Snowguard
Dani Moonstar’s Intersectional Identity in “New Mutants” #41
Liminality in “Borders”
The Indigenous Comics Bibliography
Perspective and Framing in “Louis Riel”
Indigeneity and Canadian Appropriation
Cultural Capital in “Redbone”
The Death of Thunderbird
Intergenerational Trauma in “7 Generations” and “Sugar Falls”