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Marvel-villain-turned-superhero Echo is now streaming on Disney+, giving audiences their first series featuring a Native American comic character, who also happens be deaf with a partially prosthetic leg. Echo is a choice lead opportunity for Menominee and Mohican actress Alaqua Cox. It’s directed by Sydney Freeland (Navajo) and boasts a large Native supporting cast including Chaske Spencer, Devery Jacobs, Graham Greene, and Tantoo Cardinal. We’ll talk with the cast, crew, cultural consultants, and comic book fans about bringing this comic book story to life while also striving for accurate Indigenous representation.
GUESTS
Teresa Billy (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), assistant director of the Chahta Anumpa Aiikhvna (School of Choctaw Language) and consultant on Echo
Dr. Scott Ketchum (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair in Native American Studies for East Central University
Dr. Lee Francis IV aka Dr. IndigiNerd (Laguna Pueblo), CEO of A Tribe Called Geek
Plus, pre-recorded conversations with:
Alaqua Cox (Menominee Nation), plays Maya Lopez, character first debuted in Hawkeye series
Sydney Freeland (Navajo), Echo executive producer and director
Devery Jacobs (Mohawk), plays Bonnie in Echo
Chaske Spencer (Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Muscogee), plays Henry in Echo
Richie Palmer, Echo executive producer
Break 1 Music: Different Heroes [feat. Northern Voice] (song) The Halluci Nation (artist) Nation II Nation (album)
Break 2 Music: Victory (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)
