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Survival in the Wild West cowboy days continues to be a popular setting for video games. Red Dead Redemption II is one of the top sellers from the past year. If they have Native characters, games typically don’t drift far from old Western movie stereotypes. A growing number of Native game developers are starting to change that picture. The free educational PC game, “When Rivers Were Trails” utilizes Native talent to broaden players’ understanding of history. We’ll hear from Native developers about overcoming market forces, financial hurdles and mainstream resistance to build games that expand how gamers view Native people.
Guests:
Elizabeth LePénsee (Anishinaabe and Métis) – Game Designer
Meagan Byrne (Metis) – Video Game Designer
Carl Petersen (Lakota) – Video game designer
Break 1 Music: Indians Never Die (song) Black Belt Eagle Scout (artist) Mother Of My Children (album)
Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)
First of all the word “indian” is going to turn off a lot of native players that are intuned to their native side. I for one will not allow anybody to call me indian even other natives. im not from india. quit with the self whitewashing and calling yourselves indian youre not indian. white man brainwashed you and assimilated you, you are not indian. as long as the word indian has anything to do with anything native im not going to touch it.