1491s

Native American sketch comedy group The 1491s 1491s banter with the audience.jpg Members of the 1491s banter with the audience in 2013 at Simon Fraser University.From left to right: Bobby Wilson, Sterlin Harjo, unidentified, Migizi Pensoneau (not pictured: Dallas Goldtooth, Ryan RedCorn). Television stage video 2009–present Sketch comedy, Narrative comedy Native American culture Indigenous rights New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions To The Indigenous Woman - The Violence Against Women Act Dallas Goldtooth Sterlin Harjo Migizi Pensoneau Ryan RedCorn Bobby Wilson www.1491s.com The 1491s are a Native American sketch comedy group, with members based in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Montana. While the members' sketch comedy has had a growing cult following since the mid-2000s, and their videos since 2009, they are perhaps best known for their work in more widely-known shows such as Rutherford Falls and Reservation Dogs. Their comedy sketches, spoken word, and longer narrative works depict contemporary Native American life in the United States, using humor and satire to explore issues such as stereotypes and racism (internal and external), tribal politics, and the conflict between tradition and modernity. Their over 150 YouTube videos have frequently gone viral, including their first video, the Twilight parody "New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions!!!!" A Los Angeles Times reporter described the group's output as "dozens of videos, some crass, some cryptic, some laugh-out-loud hilarious."http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-dallas-goldtooth-activist-comedian-20160902-snap-story.html An environmental activist who uses comedy to help stop oil pipelines Los Angeles Times September 13, 2016 2016-09-15 Group member Dallas Goldtooth has cited British comedy legends Monty Python's Flying Circus as an influence. The group creates all of its pieces collectively. The group's name is a reference to the year 1491, the year before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and widespread European colonization of the Americas began. Taylor-Corbett Lynne https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2019/06/between-two-knees-1491s/ Who Are The 1491s and What Is 'Between Two Knees'? Clyde Fitch Report 1 June 2019 13 Aug 2021 Performances, film and television The 1491s have been featured on The Daily Show, where they made featured content on the Native American mascot controversy.The 1491s http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-latest/2014/3/21/-the-1491s-.html 28 April 2016 Al Jazeera America 21 March 2014http://www.huffingtonpost.com/migizi-pensoneau/1491s-daily-show_b_5907244.html Behind the Scenes of Our Tense Segment on The Daily Show Huffingtonpost.com 30 September 2014 2016-06-01http://www.thetulsavoice.com/June-B-2015/The-making-of-the-1491s/ The making of the 1491s - The Tulsa Voice - June B 2015 The Tulsa Voice 2016-06-01 2016-06-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160623224003/http://www.thetulsavoice.com/June-B-2015/The-making-of-the-1491s/ dead Murg Wilhelm https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/on-the-cutting-edge-of-native-comedy-with-the-1491s On the Cutting Edge of Native Comedy With the 1491s Indian Country Today 2012-09-02 2021-09-11 2016-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525031426/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/02/cutting-edge-native-comedy-1491s-130943 live http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/03/14/warning-native-humor-5-new-videos-1491s-154001 Warning: Native Humor! 5 New Videos by the 1491s - ICTMN.com Indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com 2014-03-14 2016-06-01 2016-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20160529024450/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/03/14/warning-native-humor-5-new-videos-1491s-154001 dead They have made videos for social and legislatives issues such as full inclusion of Indigenous women in the Violence Against Women Act.Justice denied for Native American women http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201209182044-0022344 15 September 2016 Al Jazeera America 18 September 2012Video Urges Action on VAWA http://indianlaw.org/safewomen/vawa_video 15 September 2016 Indian Law Resource Center 5 September 2012 As member Bobby Wilson explains, "There's so much expectation put on Indigenous people in the arts, especially in the media. It comes from a longstanding tradition of non-Native people, most often white men, writing stories for Hollywood and the stage. We're fighting those tropes. If they show up in our work, it's just to lampoon them."https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/03/20/a-troupe-that-turns-tropes-into-takeoffs/ A Troupe That Turns Tropes Into Takeoffs 2018-03-20 AMERICAN THEATRE 2018-09-18 en-US In 2018 the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, along with New Native Theatre, co-commissioned the 1491s to write a play for their American Revolutions series of new plays about US history. The play, which ran from April 7, 2019, to October 27, 2019, consists of linked comedy sketches covering events between the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and the Wounded Knee Occupation of the 1970s – hence the title, Between Two Knees.https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/04/04/oregon-shakes-2019-season-to-feature-translated-shakespeare/ Oregon Shakes' 2019 Season to Feature Translated Shakespeare 2018-04-05 AMERICAN THEATRE 2018-09-18 en-US Portland Observer critic Darleen Ortega called it "a feat of theater magic so satisfying that, after seeing it three times, I am determined to savor it at least twice more before it closes",http://portlandobserver.com/news/2019/jul/23/native-comedy-packs-hard-hitting-truths/ Native Comedy Packs Hard Hitting Truths 2019-07-23 The Portland Observer 2021-05-02 en-US while Lee Juillerat of the Herald and News wrote, "With gobs of humor, it politely lays a guilt trip on white people for the history of injustices against Native Americans."https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/limelighter/two-knees-bites-stings-and-shares-a-point-of-view/article_91e4d2a0-c034-5acc-aa8d-e58bda405685.html 'Two Knees' bites, stings — and shares a point of view 2019-07-04 Herald and News 2021-05-02 en-US Between Two Knees was performed at Yale University from May 13 to June 4, 2022.https://yalerep.org/productions/between-two-knees Between Two Knees 2022-05-27 en-US Members of the troupe have appeared in films and television shows directed by member Sterlin Harjo, and in 2021 four out of the five troupe members worked on the shows Rutherford Falls and Reservation Dogs, as actors, writers, directors and producers.Boutsalis Kelly 'This Is What We Should Have Had All Along' https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/arts/television/reservation-dogs-rutherford-falls.html 9 Aug 2021 13 Aug 2021 The New York TimesTennant Zoe Rutherford Falls brings Indigenous writers together for new NBC sitcom https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/lights-camera-oscars-meet-the-creators-decolonizing-hollywood-1.5450603/rutherford-falls-brings-indigenous-writers-together-for-new-nbc-sitcom-1.5452884 7 Feb 2020 13 Aug 2021 Canadian Broadcasting CorporationStarr Michael Oklahoma teens California dreaming in 'Reservation Dogs' https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/taika-waititis-reservation-dogs-a-slice-of-life-comedy/ 3 Aug 2021 13 Aug 2021 New York Post As of season 2 of Reservation Dogs, with the addition of Ryan RedCorn to the writers' room, the entire troupe are working on the well-received show.Patten Dominic 2021-09-21 'Reservation Dogs' Star Devery Jacobs Joins Expanded All Indigenous Writers Room For Season 2 https://deadline.com/2021/09/reservation-dogs-devery-jacobs-season-2-writers-sterlin-harjo-erica-tremblay-blackhorse-lowe-chad-charlie-ryan-redcorn-dallas-goldtooth-1234841604/ 2021-10-14 Deadlinehttps://www.vulture.com/article/sterlin-harjo-reservation-dogs-season-2-interview.html Sterlin Harjo Is Not Afraid to Sacrifice a Good Idea - The Reservation Dogs showrunner leads by instinct vulture.com 2022-09-28 2022-09-29 Members The individual members of the 1491s are: Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota/Diné), Keystone XL campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, Dakota language-instructor, writer, artist, and actor. His acting credits include Reservation Dogs, Rutherford Falls, Ghosts, and Hailey's On It!.Dallas Goldtooth https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dallas-goldtooth The Guardian 28 April 2016Hailey's On It! - Splatter of the Band - Exclusive Clip https://disneytvanimation.com/post/719600008035549184/in-the-series-first-musical-episode-hailey-must Disney Television Animation News 8 Jun 2023 10 Jun 2023 Hailey's Uncles are voiced by Dallas Goldtooth, Amir Talai, John Eric Bentley, and Ken Tatafu. Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee), filmmaker and television director, co-creator of Reservation Dogs."Sterlin Harjo honored by Oklahoma Film Critics: The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle will present its 2011 Tilghman Award to state filmmaker Sterlin Harjo." The Oklahoman, November 4, 2011.Joanna Hearne and Zach Schlachter, "An Interview with Sterlin Harjo and Blackhorse Lowe", Native Americans on Film: Conversations, Teaching, and Theory (University Press of Kentucky, 2013), 978-0813140346, pp. 169ff. Excerpts available at Google Books. Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe), television and film writer, producer, and actor;Migizi Pensoneau http://www.huffingtonpost.com/migizi-pensoneau/ 28 April 2016 The Huffington Post has worked on the shows Barkskins,"The Native characters aren't afterthoughts": "Barkskins" writer on reclaiming Native narratives https://www.salon.com/2020/05/25/barkskins-nat-geo-native-people-migizi-pensoneau/ 25 May 2020 18 Aug 2021 Salon.com Rutherford Falls and Reservation Dogs. He worked as a Native cultural consultant for Avatar Studios.https://screenrant.com/avatar-studios-migizi-pensoneau-native-consultant-reservation-dogs/ Avatar Studios Adds Reservation Dogs Writer To Team As Native Consult Screen Rant O'Donnell E. January 13, 2022 June 15, 2024 He was a writer and executive producer on Alien: Earth.Alien: Earth - The Official Podcast FX https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/alien-earth/episode-1 September 26, 2025 Ryan Red Corn (Osage Nation) (has also been credited as Ryan Red Corn and Ryan Redcorn), graphic artist, photographer, writer, spoken word artist, and actor; serves on the Pawnee and Osage Court Appointed Special Advocates advisory board;Duty Shannon Shaw Community comes out to support CASA program http://osagenews.org/en/article/2013/12/18/community-comes-out-support-casa-program/ Osage News 28 April 2016 18 December 2013 5 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160505213538/http://osagenews.org/en/article/2013/12/18/community-comes-out-support-casa-program/ dead has appeared in films such as 2003's "Dreamkeeper" and including Harjo's Barking Water. He joined Reservation Dogs as a writer in season 2, and acted in season 3.https://www.vulture.com/article/reservation-dogs-season-3-premiere-recap-episode-1-bussin.html Reservation Dogs Season-Premiere Recap: NDN Storytelling Vulture Simmons Kali Aug 2, 2023 Aug 6, 2023 Bobby Wilson (aka Bobby Dues) (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota), visual artist, writer, director, producer and actor,Meet 8 Indigenous Beaders Who Are Modernizing Their Craft https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/indigenous-beadwork-instagram-artists-jewelry-accessories Vogue 24 April 2019 24 April 2019 has worked on Rutherford Falls, Reservation Dogs, and Spirit Rangers.Joey Clift joeytainment 1653839455986536449 Spirit Rangers Season 2 comes out May 8th and we just announced a bunch of our voice cast!! It was so fun working with all of these Native and Indigenous superstars and I can't wait for ya'll to hear them in the new episodes! #SpiritRangers May 3, 2023http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20210726fxh02/ (#104) "What About Your Dad" The Futon Critic July 26, 2021 References 30em External links 1491s YouTube channel Who Are The 1491s and What Is 'Between Two Knees'? – An intertribal, Indigenous sketch-comedy troupe exposes a deep cultural scar Dallas Goldtooth at IMDb Sterlin Harjo at IMDb Migizi Pensoneau at IMDb Ryan RedCorn at IMDb Bobby Wilson at IMDb Category:21st-century American comedians Category:21st-century Native American people Category:American sketch comedy troupes Category:Native American activists Category:Native American comedians Category:Native American dramatists and playwrights Category:Native American filmmakers Category:Filmmakers from Oklahoma Category:Native American language revitalization Category:Native American male actors Category:YouTube channels launched in 2010