New York Times op-ed looks at Twilight�s effects on Quileute tribe

The New York Times has an interesting op-ed piece piece on the effects the Twilight Saga has had on the Quileute tribe.

The piece, written by a director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, focuses on the news media�s treatment of the Quileute reservation as well as the commercial side of things.

To millions of �Twilight� fans, the Quileute are Indians whose (fictional) ancient treaty transforms young males of the tribe into vampire-fighting wolves. To the nearly 700 remaining Quileute Indians, �Twilight� is the reason they are suddenly drawing extraordinary attention from the outside � while they themselves remain largely excluded from the vampire series� vast commercial empire.

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