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I was wondering if it bothered anyone that they didnt use Native American or othered related cultural peoples of the time period for the voice acting?

I seem to recall Pocahontas featuring a least a couple real life Native Americans in their film. Even the storyteller at the beginning of Brother Bear sounds NA but why not the main characters?

I know this isnt a big deal and this is Disney we're talking about but I was just curious to see what others thought about it.

I honestly never gave it a second thought. Maybe it's hard to find those types of people who are voice actors/actresses? I personally like it the way it is; the voices are perfect as they are. Granted, it might have made it seem more 'in the time period' if they had those cultural voices, but *shrug* it's still awesome as is. (;

Considering there are mammoths in the film, I would guess the time period of Brother Bear would be before 1700 BC (when they went extinct).
...Wouldn't that make the people in it cavemen and aren't they kind of extinct?