LOS ANGELES -- After ABC's “Big Sky” drew Native American censure for overlooking an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls, its producers set about making changes.
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Will Thorne Staff WriterABC and its new drama “Big Sky” are being called out by multiple tribal nations and Indigenous leaders for an “incomplete depiction of violence against women and girls.”Following a letter last week addressed to ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke and series creator David E.
Kelley among others, the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association and the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs have added their voices to the chorus of criticisms.The series, based on the
.LOS ANGELES -- After ABC's “Big Sky” drew Native American censure for overlooking an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls, its producers set about making changes.
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LOS ANGELES -- Native American tribes and advocates are condemning “Big Sky,” a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims.They also have assailed the network and the show's producers for failing to respond to their complaints, which they first made known in a Nov. 17 letter.
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