She plays Bernadette Manuelito, the only female police officer on the Navajo reservation in the ’70s-set psychological drama, whose appreciation for tradition ends up being an asset.
“We had a lot of blessings from the Navajo Nation,” she says. “It was the first time that they allowed any film production to come in and shoot there.”
But Matten is leery of “stereotypical Indigenous design,” she says. “That goes for my branding and logos. I respect it, but I personally don’t want to wear feathers. I don’t want to wear tipis, buffalo or eagles. I don’t want that because if I’m serious about moving my people forward, I want my fashion to be a representation of that as well. Humanizing Indigenous people means we can wear designer brands and still know who we are. I’m 100 percent proud of my culture, no matter what I wear.
Alexander McQueen, Jacquemus and Balenciaga are favorites, she says, describing her style as masculine-meets-feminine. “My dream is to do a collection with a couture designer and maybe an artist like Jamie Okuma, be the face of it and have the proceeds go back to my film academy and preventing Native suicides,” she says.Her path to Hollywood was winding; she studied human ecology, then worked in advertising in London, near the McQueen studio.
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