UNLV & Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation programs (Indian Nations Gaming & Governance in the Boyd Law School and Tribal Education Initiative in the Harrah College of Hospitality) present a screening of the documentary film: Imagining The Indian. The film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers who are introducing a new K-12 curriculum developed in partnership with PBS.

Imagining The Indian is an award-winning documentary that examines the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond. The film details the current uprising against the misappropriation of Native culture in a national reckoning about racial injustice that has succeeded in the removal of Confederate imagery, toppling statues of Christopher Columbus and forcing corporate sponsors of Washington’s NFL team to demand it change its most-offensive name. It examines the origin and proliferation of the words, images, and gestures that many Native people and their allies find offensive. Imagining the Indian explores the impact that stereotyping and marginalization of Native history have had on Native people. It chronicles the long social movement to eliminate mascoting.