Quote:
"[Shelley] Niro's film [Suite: Indian] uses a musical form—the suite—to highlight a multifaceted approach to First Nations lives and issues in a way that critiques how First Nations materials are mis-used by many Euro-American artists, who frequently conflate specific histories and cultures into a 'Hollywood Indian' stereotype or, in music, an 'Indian' sound that is likewise of no particular context. Niro also uses her film as a collective and empowering space in which to showcase other Haudenosaunee artists' work, demonstrating her commitment to her community and to film as a force for the dynamic creation of multiple voices that articulate a complex vision of what it means to be Haudenosaunee in the contemporary world."
-- Laura L. Beadling

Source:
Beadling, Laura L. "In an 'Indian' Key: Shelley Niro's Revisioning of the Baroque Suite Form in Suite: Indian." Canadian Journal of Film Studies / Revue canadienne d'études cinématographiques 20, no. 2 (Autumn 2011). (p. 111)