Native Americans are referenced a lot but never shown as a character. The “loser” reading connects Wendy’s “keep America clean” line with the advertising campaign; Indigenous people also appear on packaging and as decoration.
Much like the bear skin rug and the tufted animal heads, Native Americans are used as background, as “the conquered”.
It is interesting to note that while there is wailing heard at the beginning of the film, and a reference made to the hotel being built on an Indigenous burial ground, and… a flood of blood, there isn’t a single ghost of a Native American. Who we see (in terms of ghosts) are the hotel guests and a few employees.
In this image · No.9
The relativism of resorting to cannibalism for survival. The American History of “settling”, the Cultural Relativism of this land already being “settled” by indigenous peoples.