by mike | May 22, 2017 | Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
I am still processing last week’s awesome trip to the Devils Tower. That story will come in next Monday’s post. For now, here is the Lakota legend about the tower, which is also known as Matȟó Thípila—the Bear Lodge. In a time long past (in a place now called South...
by mike | May 1, 2017 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Native American reservations sit along the edge of America, a part of this country…but then again, not really. Outstanding director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins) took a true story and turned it into Edge of America, a 2003 made-for-cable film. On the surface it...
by mike | Dec 19, 2016 | Humor, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
If this 1989 comedy-drama had nothing else going for it (it had plenty, I kid you not), the presence of co-star Gary Farmer would have been enough. Powwow Highway, produced by—among others—George Harrison (yes, that George Harrison!), explores the frustrations—and...
by mike | May 2, 2016 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Chris Eyre, director of the wonderful Smoke Signals, came up with another winner in his 2002 film, Skins, based on a novel by Adrian C. Louis. While this story contains its share of humor, it has a far more serious undertone than its predecessor. THE OTHER AMERICAN...
by mike | Feb 15, 2016 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Given my great love and respect for all things Native American, I am introducing what will be an occasional series that addresses some of the finest films in that genre. And what better one to begin with than the 1998 comedy-drama, Smoke Signals? Based on a short...
by mike | Feb 8, 2016 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Native Americans, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I’ve seen some of my favorite movies so many times that I can recite much of the dialogue in a lot of them. Here are some more of my favorites. “I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down: I want rustlers, cutthroats,...
