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Agreed. I don't remember them that well, but I remember enough to agree.

Also, the West Wing is dealing with the Native American culture and people, and real in of themselves, and worthy in their own right, and looking at how they were treated. Not within a somewhat sketchy and negative metaphorical context. The problem with a fantasy series delving into Native American culture, where the heroes aren't Native Americans, is that well the Native American character becomes either a metaphor for well...alien (Superman), demonic (Buffy), or alien (Stargate). Buffy was notorious for doing this, as was Angel - they kept demonizing the other -Inca Mummy Girl, the African Mask episode, and Pangs all come to mind. Buffy has some episodes in it that ...do not hold up well now. (This actually true of pretty much everything pre-2010?)

Dark Winds has supernatural aspects, but the heroes are Native Americans, and a specific tribe, so they aren't just lumped together.

Buffy? Oh dear, so much wrong there. It really doesn't hold up well. I'm not sure it did then. Now? The network wouldn't have okayed it. It's offensive on oh so many levels.