You think being an American Indian doesn't involve taking a position? The position is usually "underdog." But then, you're probably a white middle class person who doesn't have a clue as to what it is like to be American Indian, especially in some of the marginalized reservation communities. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Actually, the video is brilliant, because it casts off all of the stereotypes you might have recognized. If you don't look at her eyes and really listen to the words, you won't get it.

What is remarkable about that video is that they don't feed into the ideas that too many people hold regarding what it must be like to be an Indian. The museum mentality. This is a fully modern kid in the mainstream, except she's doing what a lot of American Indians do now--she's playing word games ("using the enemy's language") trying to jolt you out of your complacency. It seems to be working.

SRS