Even though the movie industry has provided us
with plenty of movies about the struggle and the history of the Native Americans,
I believe the motion picture Avatar exemplifies their struggle. Avatar helps us
understand what happens when a Native group of people lose their homeland to
invaders looking only for their own best interest.
In the movie, the
Na’vi, the indigenous people of moon Pandora, are under a fatal threat to their
homeland. This threat is caused by humans who wanted to chase and force the Na’vi
to leave and take over their land; which is exactly what the new settlers did
to the Native Americans.
The Na’vi were simple,
spiritual, peaceful, and proud people, they accepted and taught the humans who first
came to their land. In return the humans who were very greedy and self
beneficial tried to take over their homeland and kick the Na’vi out. This part
of the movie is very similar to what we have learned about the treatment of the
Native Americans, who share the same characteristics as the Na’vi. They taught
the new settlers how to plant crops and helped them survive the rough weather, but
in return the new settlers responded by forcing the Native Americans out of
their homeland and hunting them down.
Works Cited
Avatar.
Prod. James Cameron. 2009. Film.
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