A New Version of the Oregon Trail Features Native American Characters and Storylines

NPR shares the updated Oregon Trail game and how they’re incorporating Native stories.

The team of historians came up with more appropriate names for game characters and advocated for new roles for Native Americans, not just roles as guides or trappers.

University of Nebraska historian Margaret Huettl has Lac Courte Oreilles tribal ancestors. She researched old photos and drawings for accurate depictions of different tribes’ clothing and style. “Initially, all of the Native people [in the revamped game] had braids,” Huettl says. “And I think we suggested, maybe they don’t all have to have braids.”

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