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When have you felt overlooked?

I think my whole life, I think as a native kid, you feel that way because of the lack of seeing

yourself in mainstream media.

I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest chooses questions at random from a deck of cards.

Pick a card one through three.

Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped them.

You know, Res Dogs definitely change that.

My kids don't know what it's like to not see themselves on screen. My guest this week is writer and director Sterlin Harjo. And no one will ever know what that

feels like again because of the show. So, you know, that's pretty amazing. I got lost in a world

that wasn't mine recently. And I wanted to stay and hang out with the

people who live there because after three seasons of reservation dogs, I had fallen in love

with four teenagers from Oklahoma.

They're Native American kids living on a reservation, trying to figure out their lives

after one of their best friends dies.

It is poignant and hilarious, and it echoes a lot of

Sterling Harjo's own life. He is Seminole and Muskogee, and he grew up in rural Oklahoma. He's one of the

founding members of this Native American comedy group called the 1491's, and all his creative work

is about showing the full dimension of what it means to be native in this country.

Reservation Dogs was nominated for the Emmy for Best Comedy this year, and I talked to Sterland before the awards show.

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