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	THUNDERCLOUD	bUFFY sT. mARIE IN bROKEN cHAIN RULED !!!!!!! sHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BAD ASS BUT SHE WAS WISE.  I THINK WISDOM WINS OVER HARD ASS. WHEN SHE SPOKE ..... EVERYONE LISTENED!!!!  nOT A BAD FLICK EITHER, e!!!! I gOT THIS ONE ON vhs TAPE!!!   Posted by THUNDERCLOUD on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 8:41 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	The broken chain was an unadulterated, unquantified, racist, lame, glossed-over, peice of shit! All those period peices are! Fuck wisdom! "That's" stereotypical! I'm so tired of that "wise old sage" horseshit in films about Indian people, FUCK THAT SHIT! I wanna see a fuckin' film where Indians see somethin' they don't like and burnt it to the ground for once...with no retribution 'cause either everybody's too fuckin' scared to retaliate, or the Indians are so slick about it, they never get caught! I fucking HATE how our collective rage is never show-cased..we've turned our cheeks so many times in movies about us our necks are cramped!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 9:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Joanne	I think your right that would make a movie   Posted by Joanne on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 1:55 PM [Reply to this]

	THUNDERCLOUD	Wouldn't it be nice if VIOLENCE wasn't a part of our world and not a word in the dictionary any longer. Guess I'm looking through rose colored glasses.  Most wars are fought over land, a woman , or religion....  so sad! Do you suppose that if women guided the world that it might be more peaceful????   Posted by THUNDERCLOUD on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 10:59 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Oh yeah, Buffy SUCKED in that film...we all SUCKED in that film 'cause that film fuckin' SUCKED! I wanna machine gun, not an eagle feather...unless it's hangin' off the muzzle!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 9:43 PM [Reply to this]

	lisa Lisa orosco	But                 wouldnt that be to American of you?   Posted by lisa on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 10:09 PM [Reply to this]

	Alice's mirage	Eric Schweig -  has been  given Schwarzenegger ‘s French voice in the French version of your movies.Each time i watch a movie with Schwarzenegger i hear Eric . Imagine Eric instead of Schwarzie in Terminator, Commando ,  True lie, and  Predator ,in fact !  With surely a better expression on  your face .   Posted by Alice's mirage on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 10:34 AM [Reply to this]

	THUNDERCLOUD	Sorry about Broken Chain ...guess you musta needed the money.  I see you're picking and choosing your new projects more carefully now.  Kudos to SKINS and JJ HARPER!!!  I hope you're proud of those works.   Posted by THUNDERCLOUD on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 11:03 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Those SUCKED too!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	One more time...as long as "we" let "them" make films about "us", and "we" let filmmakers in our community who have been fully and completely assimilated into the colonial mind-set and are too frightened to make films that will disturb and repel but are truthful and pulsing with vision and integrity ...films about indigenous people will "keep on" SUCKIN'! Check out the colony by a young Mic Mac kid Jeff Barnaby..I loved it, it was 10 minutes of chaos and just dripping with potential...   Posted by Eric Schweig on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Rachel War Cloud Rachel War Cloud	EXACTLY! But it comes down to this...TRUTH. The masses of sheep out there do not now and never have been interested in TRUTH. Geez, better stop there.. you know what I mean...I know you do.   Posted by Rachel War Cloud on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 6:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Rachel War Cloud Rachel War Cloud	Don't you think it all comes down to a complete lack of desire on the part of film makers to ever understand the native mentality?  In order to effectively portay whatever story at hand it would take the commitment of immersion in our varied cultures. The entertainment biz has always seemed more than happy to keep all of us relegated to fictional historical period pieces. It must be frustrating to you as an actor to see so few scripts where we as people are allowed to enter the modern era. Our female nation is and has always been strong...not in a loud Hollywood surgically enhanced way. Without our collective Grandmothers and Mothers we would not have what little we have left today. It would be nice to see native actors in more mainstream shows where they are the character FIRST and just happen to be native. In this time of so called "cultural sensitivity" and "political correctness" it seems we shall remain fodder for silly romantic westerns until Hollywood allows natives in their projects to leave the lodge and buckskin behind.   Posted by Rachel War Cloud on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 9:49 PM [Reply to this]

	Alice's mirage	In » Thunderheart »’s  ends  Val Kilmer faces up to the fucking police by turning his back , near Graham Geen., and Maggie is suggested being extremist of AIM . “Jimmy looks twice”- John Truddel fights and says « sometimes they have to kill us ». I like the opposition created by both of these attitudes : philosophical Indian and hard fighting Indian .  I understand that , like an actor , you wish to get recognised in another way of expression.   Posted by Alice's mirage on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 10:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Thunderheart SUCKED! I liked Sheila Tousey's character though, but again, our women wind up dead in a ditch...   Posted by Eric Schweig on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:34 PM [Reply to this]

	SUSAN	that part really sucks and is always portrayed in movies.it seems like know one can veer away from it ,no one has the balls to do other wise.   Posted by SUSAN on Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 11:45 PM [Reply to this]

	Alice's mirage	Thunderheart . Yes , she dies for having used law arguments.Would it be preferable in the script that she changed into Calamity Jane ?Armed women can be seen all around the Stronghold hills .And they aren’t decided to die. I love anyway humour in this movie , and Sheila Touseys character : she defies fbi power and these macho guys.   Posted by Alice's mirage on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 3:18 PM [Reply to this]

	jude green Jude Green	fuckin' eh....the native women in films are usually waiff-ish willowbush river princesses who haven't spent a fuckin' minute  tannin' hides, or gathering roots and berries.  They aren't able to carry  sides of moose back to the camp, skinned, and then portioned and dried, or carry 20 fish on her back - up a steep embankment, to the truck - take it back home and gut, dry/can all her wealth she has brought home.  (All the while carrying her children on her back, caring for her elders and men, and ensuring that enough was stored for each to last the seasons.)  They were/are/can be medicine themselves.   Our true women are cedar tree trunks with eagle down hearts whose rage and fury can and will protect with force any who are stupid enough to get between her and her children / family / friends, or be the most angelic spirit and model of love you can find on all this planet.  So sad that Hollywood keeps our native people as flat, romanticized characters who fill plot, rather than make it.   Posted by jude green on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 11:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Jess Sanchez	Let's be honest.  It's a rare movie that portrays any woman in a leading role as a strong, intelligent, independant and self resourceful woman without first and foremost portraying her as a sexual object.   Posted by Jess Sanchez on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:50 AM [Reply to this]

	Micah ✈ ▐ ▌	Let's be honest here, sex has to be a given.   Once we establish that we can accentuate the more important parts.   Posted by Micah ✈ ▐ ▌ on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 7:31 AM [Reply to this]

	Jess Sanchez	A man in a movie does not need to give sex in order to command respect or to be viewed as powerful, but as you said apparently a woman must.  And is she taken seriously after this?  Are her mental attributes or physical attributes appreciated more by the male characters and viewers?   Posted by Jess Sanchez on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Micah ✈ ▐ ▌	I was trollin but now that you ask, i think the notion that a sexually secure woman should be ashamed of herself (or is less respectable in any facet) is somewhat of an indoctrinated notion.  I have a more "greek" approach to the female nude.  The earliest depiction of female sexuality in art was made by an australopithecus between 24000 and 22000 years ago when we resembled more monkey than man and we know a male carved it because it has huge mammaries, huge hips and a little, peanut head with no face.  lol Some of my favorite women in history used their sexuality as a symbol of power over entire nations and empires.  So you see, it's quite natural to idolize a woman.  It's as old as humans.  However i haven't seen any artifacts that were ever depicted by females idolizing men so i think you're on to something. If a woman chooses not to, i'm not going to judge her, good for her for not succumbing to vox populi.  To answer your questions, i think yes.  I've also noticed in some instances the young ladies that don't sell nude shots end up doing it later in life for more money.  More power to them either way.  I have a tremendous respect for most women that can get a little leverage in society. Besides, i didn't say she HAD to "give sex" to command respect, sometimes that just goes without saying. I was just saying that once we get it to where the viewers understand that it's there if say the lead male role needs a lil booty call, then we could focus on the more accentuated parts of her character. lol   Posted by Micah ✈ ▐ ▌ on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 6:12 AM [Reply to this]

	ChippewaPrincess	Well said!   Posted by ChippewaPrincess on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 5:52 PM [Reply to this]

	phyllis	So Micah, have you ever checked on the history of Pompeii? I think that'll get your juices going. I imagine the adoration of the phallus was probably introduced by men, but women also got in on it. You might enjoy that idea.   Posted by phyllis on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 7:43 PM [Reply to this]

	Micah ✈ ▐ ▌	I have.  I love ancient history.  I'm only an armchair historian but i read much on the Greco-Persian war to about 500 ADD. I agree, both counterparts have contributed vast and wide to sexual depiction throughout the centuries. I have depicted both in my art. Here is a tshirt design i did commemorating the female. Thanks for the suggestion Phyllis! Here is another one i did, it's called a Coctopuss.  I'll only post the link bc i don't want to get Eric deleted.  Photobucket keeps deleting it for sure. http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/boo2you/artwork/img262-1.jpg   Posted by Micah ✈ ▐ ▌ on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 8:14 PM [Reply to this]

	Jess Sanchez	Yeah I hear you lol!  Our bodies and sexuality shouldn't be something we are ashamed of but it's sad when that is the character's sole purpose.  We have more to offer.   Posted by Jess Sanchez on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 1:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Vivienne	Your right Eric, just for once I'd love to see Native American's in a big time motion picture as leads who are strong, bad assed and dont take shit from anyone and not be in a period piece drama. I cant see why:   Eric Schweig - Could have been Vin Deisels character in XXX & for a strectch of the imagination you coulda made a great Robocop LOL Graham Green - could have portrayed the president in Air Force One David Midthunder/Zahn McLaren/George Leech/Eric Schweig - could have been "Wild Hogs" I could sit here all day & point out all the films Native actors could have been in & done the characters justice. Why not some of the female actors have been Kate Beckinsale's character in "Underworld"? Ya get my drift! Your also right - Lakota Woman was shitty!!   Posted by Vivienne on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:54 AM [Reply to this]

	Coconuts	Jesus....who peed in your frosted flakes today????   Posted by Coconuts on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:59 AM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	I keep tellin' people that if you're not "pissed off", you're not "payin' attention" but they still insist I have some sort of anger management...   Posted by Eric Schweig on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:29 PM [Reply to this]

	Micah ✈ ▐ ▌	That's not pee, it's grit iron.   Posted by Micah ✈ ▐ ▌ on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 7:30 AM [Reply to this]

	Stephanie	Well if anyone can turn around the stereotype it's YOU.  Any new projects?  I miss seeing your face :) PS.  And Jess is right.  Women's roles in the movies have been crapped on for years....white women, black, red, yellow.....no discrimination there!   Posted by Stephanie on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 2:00 AM [Reply to this]

	Meg Meg Evans	Leslie Silko's Almanac of the Dead should be made into a film. So much hatred and truth at the same time. If you really want to see shit get blown up and white people beheaded, this would be the one to produce.   Posted by Meg on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:44 PM [Reply to this]

	THUNDERCLOUD	What about DANCE ME OUTSIDE when the girls had to take justice in their own hands??? Huh??  Anyway... Predator scared me and gave me nightmares!!!!   Posted by THUNDERCLOUD on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 1:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Dance Me Outside was like watching Sesame Street! Are you fucking kidding me? When has a single movie that was written directed and starred in by an indigenous person in America ever even come CLOSE to winning an Oscar...NEVER! We suck so bad, we've resorted to giving awards to "ourselves" 'cause they don't stand shoulder to shoulder with everybody else's shit!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 7:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Rachel War Cloud Rachel War Cloud	Just curious..what was your take on "Clearcut"? The story itself was a bit weak but I liked Graham G's character...   Posted by Rachel War Cloud on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 6:38 PM [Reply to this]

	C.	Yo, I just think colour, heritage shouldn't matter for a role, a good actor should getting it, and it shouldn't matter if the hero with a machine gun or without is black, white, striped or whatever. And I do agree the period pieces are crap, they come not even close to history (as we know it), they portray our "the white mens" opinion, even pieces with native collaboration, what is kinda sad. Why not show native people like everybody else, "normal" what I think most of you are?   Posted by C. on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 7:53 PM [Reply to this]

	Jess Sanchez	Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies based on the short story by Stephen King (only titled "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption").  It's one of those rare movies that is actually as good as or better than the book.  The thing that I really love is that the character played by Morgan Freeman, Red, was called Red in the book because he's Irish with red hair.  I love that Morgan was able to break that boundary and was given that role based on his acting skill and not his race.   Posted by Jess Sanchez on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 12:02 AM [Reply to this]

	Alicja	good one, Jess !   Posted by Alicja on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 12:15 AM [Reply to this]

	THUNDERCLOUD	Award shows are BS!!!  These Hollywierd actors that make 10+ mil a flick... do they really need to boost their huge egos with a naked golden statue??? I just like to watch movies if the story interests me. I'm more curious as to what and why a writer creates a story ,the outcome or resolve at the end, and what it might have to say about time and society.   Posted by THUNDERCLOUD on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 12:17 AM [Reply to this]

	Moriah	well Chiden is not really a victim either then... well yes we can extrapolate and say he became the bad guy because of the colonization, therefore becoming a victim of the oppression... but that's not really the first thing that comes to mind when you watch the character.. he is a mean crazy guy...   Posted by Moriah on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 12:21 AM [Reply to this]

	Kathy	"Faggy", "Girly" - humans never cease to amaze me.  One would think someone who has experienced ignorance, prejudice, stereotyping, objectifying, negative romanticism would have some sensitivity to others who are frequently the targets of same.  Apparently not. Let me get stereotypical for a moment.  I have always thought that guys who are so macho - swaggering/strutting, spitting, scratching their crotch, rooster in the hen house, notches on the bed post guys who also needed all the macho accoutrements like big guns, big knives, big cars, etc. have weenie penis issues or virility/performance concerns and needed all that stuff to  address their anxieties and define their sexuality to others. I also hope that none of the gay kids you probably work with in the homeless shelters reads your posts.  Some of them really have a tough time as it without getting dished by someone they probably respect.    Posted by Kathy on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 8:37 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Fuck off you idiot! And put your picture up when you send messages ya fuckin' weirdo! You've just joined the long list of morons with brains the size of chick peas who "also" can't read between the lines and take everything out of context...retard!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 12:48 AM [Reply to this]

	Laura	I can read between the lines and I'm not a retard...well most of the time I'm not. Would you please accept my friend request that's been sitting patiently in your in box? :D   Posted by Laura on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:22 PM [Reply to this]

	Kathy	Obviously I don't share your perspective which significantly reduces the chances that I can read between your lines.  I don't think using those words is appropriate regardless of the context.  They are hurtful!  I work with people, kids too and I have seen what harm those words do.  Bullying with invectives and name calling doesn't make me change my mind.  It just reminds me of the school yard at recess in elementary school.   Posted by Kathy on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 2:05 AM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	I thought I told you ta fuck off! What it wasn't clear enough? Fucking people!   Posted by Eric Schweig on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 5:37 AM [Reply to this]

	Moriah	It's clear.. no need to even try to read between the lines.... guess Kathy got a problem with basic understanding ...    Posted by Moriah on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 7:29 AM [Reply to this]

	ChippewaPrincess	Instead of criticizing others’ works why not write an intelligent piece of art that proves Natives are able to do more than wear leathers and feathers? You are the angry artist personified so why not channel that into something positive? The world is already overrun with whiners – quit pissing in the wind and wondering why you keep getting wet! I have been reading your blogs for a little over a year now and you are abundantly capable of conveying your outlook to the masses and in my opinion, which obviously is the most important one to me (LOL), you could create an incredibly passionate work of art from the perspective of a true Native man who is unabashedly proud of his heritage and pulls no punches because he isn’t afraid whom he offends because integrity, honesty and empowerment override political correctness.   P.S. For the Eric fanatics who will perceive this as a vicious attack on him, which it is not, don’t clog up his page with pissy remarks directed towards me– he is a big boy and can fight his own battles if he so chooses!   P.S.S.  This is not important but Sonny Landham actually started out in pornographic movies – No, I have not seen any (with him anyway, LOL) but I first saw him in 48 hours and thought he was very attractive and did a little research to find out about him…..didn’t have the Internet back then so I must have gone to the library!! Peace.      Posted by ChippewaPrincess on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 5:51 PM [Reply to this]

	Emerald Rose Society	In appreciation of your statement.   Posted by Emerald Rose Society on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 4:02 AM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Dafuck d'ya think I've been doing for 22 years? Ya think I just stand and around and bitch?   Posted by Eric Schweig on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 7:56 PM [Reply to this]

	ChippewaPrincess	So when I can expect the premiere of the movie made from the fabulous script you authored?  I understand why you are so enthusiastic and fervent in your “rantings” at the world and I am aware that you utilize your talents in a positive line of attack, i.e. your volunteerism, evocatively beautiful carvings, and speaking up for Native rights. However, it baffles me that you continually mock the movies you have made, which demeans those involved in the projects as well. I thoroughly enjoyed your performances in Big Eden and Skins, as did many others so when you say they suck I am confused as to why you would involve yourself in the first place. I know we all have to pay the bills somehow but you stand up and yell the loudest at others who participate in the denigration of Native Peoples…..what’s up with that? And I agree with Phyllis’ comment about being a burr under the saddle and how agitation is a superlative motivator and yes I am pleased that you continually challenge the uneducated, misinformed sheep because if not you, who? Prime Minister Schweig...now that would be an interesting campaign!   Posted by ChippewaPrincess on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 8:47 PM [Reply to this]

	Eric Schweig Eric Schweig	Money...you're a little slow on the draw aren't you?   Posted by Eric Schweig on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 8:57 PM [Reply to this]

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