Editing Dead Man (section)

==Portrayal of Native Americans==
According to film critic [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], ''Dead Man'' is generally regarded as well-researched in regard to Native American culture.<ref name="Rosenbaum">Rosenbaum, Jonathan (2000). ''Dead Man''. London: Cromwell Press. {{ISBN|0-85170-806-4}}</ref> The film is also described as one of few about Native Americans to be directed by a non-native that offers a nuanced understanding of the individual differences between Native American tribes with considerable detail given that is relatively free of common [[stereotypes]].<ref name=LaFrance_2003>{{cite web | last=Lafrance | first=J. D. | title=Jim Jarmusch | url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/jarmusch/ | date=October 5, 2003 | work=Senses of Cinema | publisher=Film Victoria | access-date=October 22, 2011 | location=Victoria Australia}}</ref> Regarding the character Nobody, Jarmusch stated: "I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliché. I wanted him to be a complicated human being."<ref name=LaFrance_2003/>

The film intentionally leaves conversations in the [[Cree language|Cree]] and [[Blackfoot language|Blackfoot]] languages untranslated and without subtitles, for the exclusive understanding of members of those nations, including several in-jokes aimed at Native American viewers.<ref name="Rosenbaum" /> Nobody was also played by a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] actor, Gary Farmer, who is [[Cayuga people|Cayuga]].