Native Americans see alien invasion films as metaphors for their own history. (Updated for summer 2011) Read the full description.
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Uninvited visitors arrive in a new world, seize the land, and take human lives. Native Americans know this scenario well. Eric Molinsky looks into the alien invasion narrative and the historical and psychological baggage that comes with it. (Updated for summer 2011, mentioning "Cowboys and Aliens.")
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Uninvited visitors arrive in a new world, seize the land, and take human lives. Native Americans know this scenario well. Eric Molinsky looks into the alien invasion narrative and the historical and psychological baggage that comes with it. (Updated for summer 2011, mentioning "Cowboys and Aliens.")
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