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Dreamkeeper
''Dreamkeeper'' is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse ( Eddie Spears). The plot unwinds as the two travel from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to the All Nations powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a trip the grandson takes only under duress. Along the way, the grandfather tells his grandson various Indian stories and legends to help him understand and choose the "good red road," i.e. to embrace an Indian identity. Plot The film opens with Eagle Boy, a young man who is on a vision quest. It then cuts to the present, where a young cynical Lakota named Shane Chasing Horse is living on the Pine Ridge reservation. He is in trouble because he owes some money to a local gang—money he used to buy a beautiful ring for Mae Little Wounded, a girl he likes. Meanwhile, his mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Spears
Edward Spears (born November 29, 1982) is an Indigenous American actor. He is a member of the Kul Wičaša Oyate Lakota from the Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Early life Spears was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota, near the Lower Brulé Indian Reservation. He has five brothers and one sister; his older brother Michael is also an actor.Eddie Spears Biography Page Spears Brothers Fans http://spearsbrothersfans.webs.com/eddie.htm Retrieved March 19, 2013. Spears grew up on the Lower Brulé Indian Reservation until the first grade when his family moved to Pierre, South Dakota. After that, his family moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he grew up and attended Aberdeen Central High School. Career Acting Spears began his acting career at age ten. His first role was in TNT's production of ''Geronimo'', which was shot in Arizona. Spears has said his most rewarding role to date was Shane Chasing Horse in the 2003 film '' Dreamkeeper''. When cast for the lead in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fusco
John Fusco is an American screenwriter, producer, and television series creator born in Prospect, Connecticut. His screenplays include '' Crossroads'', '' Young Guns'', ''Young Guns II'', ''Thunderheart'', '' Hidalgo'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' and '' The Highwaymen''. He is also the creator of the Netflix series ''Marco Polo''. Fusco is also a blues musician and a prose fiction author. Career John Fusco was raised in the small town of Prospect, Connecticut, leaving home and high school early to travel the American south as a blues musician and blue collar laborer. He later attended and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where his writing mentors were Waldo Salt, Ring Lardner, Jr., and Lorenzo Semple. He won back-to-back honors in national screenwriting competitions his junior and senior year, twice winning the top prize of a Nissan Sentra and a contract with the William Morris Agency. His bachelor's thesis became the Columbia Pictures Delta blues m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Birmingham
Gilbert Birmingham (born July 13, 1953) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater on the Paramount Network series ''Yellowstone'' (2018–2024), George Hunter on ''Banshee'' (2014), Virgil White on '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2017), and Billy Black in '' The Twilight Saga'' film series (2008–2012). Early life Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas, to a Comanche father and a mother of Spanish ancestry. His family moved frequently during his childhood due to his father's career in the military. Birmingham learned to play the guitar at an early age and considers music to be his "first love." After obtaining a Bachelor of Science from the USC Price School of Public Policy, he worked as a petrochemical engineer, but later decided to become a bodybuilder and actor. Career Music videos In the early 1980s, a talent scout spotted Birmingham at a local gym, where he had been bodybuilding and entering bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Barron
Steven Barron (born 4 May 1956) is an Irish-British filmmaker and music video director. Among the music videos he has directed are "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, " Burning Up (Madonna song), Burnin Up" by Madonna, "Summer of '69" and "Run to You (Bryan Adams song), Run to You" by Bryan Adams, "Money for Nothing (song), Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, "Electric Avenue (song), Electric Avenue" and "I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song), I Don't Wanna Dance" by Eddy Grant, "Going Underground" by The Jam, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, "Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song), Baby Jane" by Rod Stewart, "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears, "Africa (Toto song), Africa" by Toto (band), Toto, and "Take On Me" by A-ha. The videos for "Take On Me", "Africa", and "Billie Jean" have each garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube. Barron also directed several films, including ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990), ''Coneheads (film), Coneheads' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Farmer
Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian First Nations ( Cayuga) actor and musician. He is best known for his Independent Spirit Award-nominated roles in '' Powwow Highway'' (1989), ''Dead Man'' (1995) and '' Smoke Signals'' (1998). He briefly reprised his role as Nobody from ''Dead Man'' in '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999). He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of First Nations media in Canada and is the founding director of an urban Indian radio network, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network. Early life and education Farmer was born in Ohsweken, Ontario into the Cayuga Nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy.Gary Farmer Biography yahoo.com; accessed December 28, 2015. He grew up in the American city of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Greyeyes
Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) is a First Nations ( Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. In 1996, Greyeyes portrayed Crazy Horse in the television film ''Crazy Horse''. In 2018, Greyeyes portrayed Sitting Bull in '' Woman Walks Ahead'' to critical acclaim. He has also had TV roles on ''Fear the Walking Dead'', ''True Detective'' and '' I Know This Much Is True''. In 2021–2022, he had a main role in the Peacock sitcom '' Rutherford Falls''. He had a recurring role in the first season of the Paramount+ western series ''1923''. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for his performance in the zombie film ''Blood Quantum''. Life and career Born in Saskatchewan, Greyeyes is Plains Cree from the Muskeg Lake First Nation. His father was from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and his mother was from the Sweetgrass First Nation, both located in Saskatchewan. Greyeyes started his performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaske Spencer
Chaske Spencer is an American actor. He gained prominence through his role as List of Twilight characters#Sam Uley, Sam Uley in the ''The Twilight Saga (film series), Twilight'' films (2009–2012). For his performance in the BBC and Amazon Prime series ''The English (TV series), The English'' (2022), he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award. Spencer's films include ''Shouting Secrets'' (2011), ''Winter in the Blood (film), Winter in the Blood'' (2013), ''Desert Cathedral'' (2014), ''Woman Walks Ahead'' (2017), and ''Wild Indian'' (2021). He had recurring roles in the Cinemax series ''Banshee (TV series), Banshee'' (2014–2016), the Amazon Prime series ''Sneaky Pete'' (2017–2018), and the NBC crime drama ''Blindspot (TV series), Blindspot'' (2019–2020). Early life and education Spencer was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Montana, as well as Kooskia, Idaho, Kooskia, Lapwai, Idaho, Lapwai, and Lewiston, Idaho. He has two younger sisters. His heritage includes L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Aguilar
George Aguilar is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Cahuenga in '' Bagdad Café'', Johnny Sassamon in ''The Scarlet Letter'', Grandfather Stone in '' Dreamkeeper'', Big Foot in '' Into the West'', and Kaw Chief in ''Neverland''. Career Aguilar is probably best known for his work on ''Bagdad Cafe'' (1987), ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1995) and the miniseries ''Neverland'' (2011). Personal life Aguilar has been married to French actress Josiane Balasko since 2003. They reside in the Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ... area. A son, also named George Aguilar, was a car mechanic and aspiring actor who with his father appeared in ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1995) and ''Into The West'' (2005); he died in 2008 at age 28. Filmography Feature film ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Schellenberg
August Werner Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 – August 15, 2013) was a Canadian actor. He played Randolph in the first three installments of the ''Free Willy'' film series (1993–1997) as well as characters in '' Black Robe'' (1991), '' The New World'' (2005), and dozens of other films and television shows. During his career, Schellenberg won a Gemini Award in 1986 and a Genie Award in 1991, as well as being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007. Life and career Schellenberg was born and lived in Montreal, Quebec, until he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1967. He was of English, Mohawk and Swiss-German descent. He also spoke French. He was based in Toronto until 1995. He lived in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, actress Joan Karasevich. He was the father of three daughters, two with Karasevich. He was trained at the National Theatre School of Canada from 1963 to 1966. His initial work was in the Don Shebib-directed coming-of-age film ''Rip-Off'', in 1971. In 1981, he did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unhcegila
In Lakota mythology, Unk Cekula (uŋȟčéǧila or uŋkčéǧila) is a serpentoid creature which was responsible for many unexplained disappearances and deaths. Her male counterpart is known as ''Unk Tehi''. Description She was described at first as having no real shape or form; she had eyes of fire, and a fanged mouth that was shrouded in a smoky or cloudy mass. As time went on further, her form was exposed as being massive, with a long scaly body whose natural armor was almost impenetrable. Her eyes burned with wrathful hunger, her claws were like iron, and her voice raged like thunder rolling in the clouds. Whoever looked upon her will become blind or go insane. Her weakness is the seventh spot on her torso, behind which lies her fiercely burning heart. To kill her, one has to shoot a medicine arrow at this flaw in her natural armor. Accounts The ancient Lakota tribes of the Northwest had heard rumors from neighboring tribes that a Giant Evil Spirit had emerged from the icy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Norris Guerrero
Kimberly Norris Guerrero (née Norris; born 1967), is an American actress and screenwriter. She has over two dozen screen appearances, generally playing roles of Indigenous women. Norris played Gen. Custer's American Indian wife in the movie '' Son of the Morning Star'', and guest starred in TV shows such as ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', '' Longmire'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', and ''Seinfeld''. She appeared in the well received mini-series, '' 500 Nations'', and twice played Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Norris-Guerrero is also a college professor, motivational speaker, Native American activist, and co-founder of two non-profit organizations aimed at aiding youth in Native American communities. Early life Norris was born in 1967 in Oklahoma to Linda Standing Cloud. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trudell
John Trudell (February 15, 1946December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as ''Radio Free Alcatraz''. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children, and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a suspicious fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in films in the 1990s. The documentary '' Trudell'' (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist. Early life and education Trudell was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 15, 1946, the son of a Santee Dakota father and a Mexican-American mother. He grew up in small towns near the Santee Sioux Reservation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
