I love the Southwest, and I love all the decor, and that is something that I'm drawn to.
It was so much fun to see it begin to develop as the world became clearer and the characters got names and full houses, and I myself I'm a huge fan of New Mexico. “What would the houses look like? What are the backstories once the characters were becoming developed? What are the relationships in the families?” Basically, any possible thing that has to do with Indigenous culture I was asked to review, and then we'd have various meetings along the way, so we've got some different input in the fold. So there was a lot of researching and reviewing of everything. We did have to narrow it down to a region of the country, and we chose the southwest because it's kind of easier to do that versus the tribes in the Eastern or Northeastern part of the country or South Florida. One of the things that we talked about that was really important is that we didn't want to appropriate just one tribe, but we also didn't want to make it so vague, so it's not really quite Indigenous or something. So that means I reviewed hairstyles, skin tone, clothing, decor for the houses, the items, the landscape, and of course, the ponies. I would review anything that had to do with Indigenous culture design in any way throughout the development of the game. What were your responsibilities on the Sims 4 project?
Now, Jensen runs her own consulting business as a sensitivity reader, diversity editor, and cultural consultant. Jenson is also a co-owner of Through The Wilderness, LLC, a film production company dedicated to untold stories and “New Takes On Old Tales”. She decided to change career paths after her work as an advisor. She has previously worked at a domestic abuse shelter and as an advisor to students at the University of Minnesota. She is biracial, a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations in North Dakota and Black. She uses these different degrees to focus on her passion for storytelling and social justice. Jensen is a multidisciplinary scholar with a Master of Liberal Studies and Interdisciplinary Child Social Policy Family and Community Services from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing from Hamline University, and an MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. This week, Native News Online staff reporter Neely Bardwell sat down with Stacey Parshall Jensen (Mandan and Hidatsa), a cultural consultant for The Sims 4, a life simulation video game, and their new Horse Ranch Expansion Pack.
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