Regardless of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon taking house no awards finally night time’s Oscars (are you able to say snub?), the poignant movie nonetheless loved loads of moments throughout the awards ceremony. Its main star, Lily Gladstone, was nominated for finest actress and delivered one of many finest purple carpet seems of the night time, sporting a customized Gucci robe made in collaboration with Joe Huge Mountain, an Indigenous artist famend for his quillwork. In the course of the ceremony, composer Scott George and different members of the Osage Nation—a name again to the movie, which revolves across the Osage folks and the way they have been traditionally exploited for oil cash—additionally carried out a particular therapeutic music titled, “Wahzhazhe (A Tune For My Folks).” It was their colourful seems, embedded with particular which means, that served as my private Oscars spotlight.

Rightfully so, it’s clear that the Oscars made intentional house for members of the Osage Nation to attend final night time, each on the purple carpet and the principle stage; With Killers of the Flower Moon amplifying the untold tales of violence and injustices that the Osage have endured, having the group represented throughout the ceremony was each mandatory and, frankly, lengthy overdue. On the purple carpet, the dancers and singers made the many of the second: They introduced ahead their finest conventional regalia for the affair, selecting to put on items akin to beaded moccasins and sashes, ribbon shirts, porcupine roach headpieces, and conventional Osage-style blankets—all of that are usually worn throughout powwow ceremonies or particular group occasions, not a lot a Hollywood step and repeat.