Netflix Western ‘American Primeval’ Challenges Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin to Survive in Trailer

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• The series brought on Indigenous cultural consultant Julie O'Keefe to ensure an authentic and accurate onscreen portrayal of the Shoshone, Paiute, and Ute tribes, with the goal of avoiding the tropes and misrepresentations of past Westerns.
• The series is described as a 'fictionalized dramatization' of the 'violent collision of culture, religion and community' as settlers fight to claim the land, with the trailer showcasing the intense violence that the Native nations faced during this period.