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Amber Midthunder on Indigenous representation and authenticity in Prey

Amber Midthunder’s story doesn’t begin on a red carpet. It starts in the quiet margins of Hollywood history, where Native voices were often erased or reduced to stereotypes. Born to a Hunkpapa Lakota father and raised around film sets, Amber saw the industry up close—and its ugliness early. Roles for Indigenous actors were rare, shallow, and disposable. Auditions ended with silence. Promising projects collapsed without explanation. For years, she worked steadily but invisibly, watching others le