Spooktober: They Built It On a Haunted Burial Ground - Dirt 110

For decades, American horror has been haunted by the specter of the "Indian Burial Ground." This week, we look at the roots of the phenomenon, the history behind some of the most famous instances, and Indigenous responses to the trope. Plus, Amber serves the worst Maine accent while trying to explain the plot of Pet Sematary, and bullies you all into checking out her Book Club recs.

Links

• Why Every Horror Film of the 1980s Was Built On ‘Indian Burial Grounds’ (Atlas Obscura)

• The Indian Burying Ground (Poetry Foundation)

• The Suburban Horror of the Indian Burial Ground (The National Review)

• Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (via WorldCat)

• ‘Winchester’ Continues Hollywood’s Tradition of Mining Native American Suffering for Ghost Stories (Wear Your Voice Magazine)

• Bury My Guilt in an Indian Burial Ground (Medium)

• Horror Older Than America: Whitewashing Native Tales For A Mass-Market Audience (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

• This Essay Was Not Built On an Ancient Indian Burial Ground (Off Screen)

• Twisting Conventions: A Feminist Indigenous Perspective on the Horror Genre (Off Screen)

• Jeff Barnaby on Blood Quantum and colonialist zombies (Seventh Row)

• Podcast Ep. 39: Jeff Barnaby’s Rhymes for Young Ghouls & Blood Quantum (Seventh Row)

• Blood Quantum (2020) Official Red Band Trailer HD (via YouTube)

• Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film (via WorldCat)

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