The character of Chief from Wonder Woman was played by Eugene Brave Rock who is from the Kanaii reserve in Southern Alberta. He took the inspiration for his character from real life WWI hero Mike Mountain Horse who is also from southern AB.
In the film Chief greets Diana in Blackfoot. Shortly after they have a conversation about how his people’s land was taken away by Steve’s people.
This is how you have First Nations representation: cast First Nations actors, draw from historical First Nations heroes and if they are going to speak a First Nations language cast someone who is part of that Nation!
He also personally created his whole look. Instead of the costume designer doing what they think a native man would wear. He included things that would have personal significance to his character, not because it looks “Indian” *side-eyes the lone ranger*
Fun fact about William Moulton Marston’s original Wonder Woman comics: Wonder Woman frequently brought women from Man’s World back to Paradise Island with her so that they could learn to fight like Amazons too. Because in the original comics, the Amazon’s powers weren’t magical, just the result of a ton of training. The idea was that literally any girl could be a Wonder Woman.
Chief: My people have been driven out of our homes and so I chose to leave. At least here, I’m free.
Diana: Who took your home?
*Chief looks at a sleeping Steve Trevor*
Chief: His people
Me:
I was honestly really afraid that Diana was going to get mad at him for not taking a side but instead they used it as a moment to establish that even the “good guys” don’t have clean hands as a result of them being white and honestly, when will your fave ever.
“Patty Jenkins worked really hard with her team to design a style of fighting that was incredibly badass, and believable. Where Batman will punch somebody in the face, and that’s effective,
that’s not how the Amazons and Diana fight. They have a disciplined
specialized, collaborative fighting style. They work together as a team,
and leverage each other’s strengths. They are mighty, they are beautiful. And as the Germans learn, this new breed of badass warrior women are deadly.”
isn’t it incredible that all the amazons wore skirts and various tank tops, and yet there wasn’t a single gratuitous panty shot or boob cup or camera pan up a bare leg?
it’s almost as though… women are regular characters… who don’t need to be absurdly sexy in order to make a scene compelling… how… odd
Honestly I’ve never heard a purer sound in my entire life than every woman in the theater cackling at Diana saying that men were useless for pleasure lol
what i do is not up to you 