What Sterlin Harjo has said about Native American representation in film

2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 7, 2026

Sterlin Harjo, Creator of The Lowdown and Reservation Dogs, has been quoted on Native American representation in film 2 times in 1 episode of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, most recently on November 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Harjo recalled a Western about Seminoles that inaccurately depicted them as Cheyenne speaking Lakota.
“everyone was like dressed as Cheyenne warriors and they all spoke Lakota, you know?”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We learn The Lowdown Hoedown with Sterlin Harjo (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 21:50
Harjo said that even flawed representation struck him as a child because he lacked anything like Reservation Dogs.
“just the idea of being represented was like, wow, you know? Because I didn't have a reservation dog growing up,”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We learn The Lowdown Hoedown with Sterlin Harjo (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 22:00

We learn The Lowdown Hoedown with Sterlin Harjo
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Nov 7, 2026 · 47 min
Peter Sagal and panelists joke about Democrats' midterm sweep and other news, and Sterlin Harjo discusses his Oklahoma upbringing and plays a square-dancing quiz.