Native Americans making mark on entertainment industry with shows like “Echo” | Good News [Video]

Debuting at the beginning of January, Marvel’s new series “Echo” tells the story of a deaf Native American girl who after a rough start to life rediscovers and embraces her heritage in the sooner state.  

Joining “Tulsa King,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Reservation Dogs” with their Oklahoma ties, Oklahoman Ryker Sixkiller worked on all three in different positions, and now adds “Echo” to the list.  

“It was hard, long hot days,” Sixkiller said. “Wearing nothing but a loincloth on the sand” 

Filmed in Georgia two summers ago, he was on the stunt team and plays ‘Stickball’ in the show, a traditional Native American game he says was once used to settle tribal arguments. 

“It was just, it was great to see just how much they cared about portraying us in the right way,…