Tonto and Tonto Speak (DGM Module 2-2)

http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/miller/MillerH0506.pdf

This master’s thesis, submitted to Montana State University by Heather Miller in 2006, outlines the development of a Native American film theory. Inspired by Native American literary theory and relying on Creation Stories, Miller’s film theory attempts to address the issue of Native American identity in film.

For Miller, the four main components of her film theory are:

1. Community and Cultural Applications;
2. American Indian Thought;
3. Indian Semiotics; and
4. History and Politics

Although not technically a web-site, this thesis does contribute significantly to our understanding both of Native American film and of the ways in which Native American film is produced differently from non-Native American film.

David