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Joanelle Romero: From Hollywood to the Red Nation

When you grow up in Hollywood and your mother appears with Elvis Presley in 9 movies, stars in your eyes are inevitable. For Joanelle Romero (Apache), that stellar vision led to a promising career then some eye-opening facts about the harsh reality of Native women in the industry. Rather than accept it, she did something about it in a big way.