First episode: I'm disappointed. I am a Native American storyteller and interpreter. There are disturbing stereotypes and clichés in the portrayal of the Native people thus far. Example: Fletcher says the scar on his head is from a Native who tried to scalp him. Scalping was introduced in this country by the French and English, who offered bounties for Native women and children's scalps. Later, Thunderheart Woman's family trades her to a white man for goods. NOTHING was or is more important to the Lakota people than family. Children were the precious extension of the people into the future. No Lakota family would have willingly traded their child to a wasicu (white person). I will continue to watch the remaining episodes, but hope that people understand that this is yet another white interpretation of history.
Review of Into the West
