In Whose Honor Film Analysis

Watching the short film In Whose Honor? Changed my whole outlook on the difference between what it means to dress in fake traditional indigenous clothing for entertainment and what it means to wear actual traditional clothing because it is part of someone’s culture. In the beginning of the film, I honestly did not think that the dance that the Chief Illiniwek was doing was offensive until activist Charlene Teters explained exactly how disrespectful it was to parade around a culture that is not even theirs. Like for some strange reason I was brainwashed like the people in the movie wearing their favorite sports team outfits and the people parading around Chief Illiniwek buttons and hats.
When Charlene expressed in tears that fighting for what