Speakers
- Ben West (Cheyenne)AffiliationDirector
- Yancey BurnsAffiliationProducer
Details

Event Description
A public screening of the 2023 documentary film Imagining the Indian, which focuses on the history and impact of the use of marketed branding, especially by sports teams, of Native American nations, persons, and cultural images as “mascots.” The screening will be immediately followed with a presentation and discussion with the film’s director Ben West (Cheyenne) and producer Yancey Burns.
Read more about the documentary at the film website.
Sponsors
- Department of Religion, Princeton University
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP)
- Humanities Council, Princeton University