Natives may always find debatable whether non-native actors should be cast for roles depicting natives, particularly when experienced Native American actors are available. It doesn’t matter if it’s in an action comedy with Johnny Depp as Tonto, or a drama such as “Jimmy P.” where Puerto Rican American Benecio Del Toro starred as a Blackfoot […]
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2013 in One Word? Unbelievable!
Not unbelievable in the sense of the word many people might quickly assume, “incredible” in a positive way or simply “surprising”, but one of the literal meanings: ” so great or extreme as to be difficult to believe; extraordinary.” My 2013 was extraordinary in the extremes of life and living that occurred, but perhaps not […]
“We’re a Culture, Not a Costume” in Germany: Confronting and Informing the Ignorant
Rainald Grebe (artist/performer/comedian) slowly walks out on-stage in a slow, manner as if lacking intellect, while dressed in a pathetic mish-mash of Indianer (the German word for Native Americans of North America), and the audience immediately begins to laugh. That’s the intro for one of Rainald Grebe’s stage shows. It is not funny. Upcoming December, […]
Big River Cree “The Old Way”
Sometimes when I’m here…here in Germany that is, which I might prefer for a variety of reasons regarding living and working conditions, even and understandably so, there is nothing that compares with being “at home” as far as the People are concerned: music, sounds, voices, etc. Various tribes of the Americas have come together at […]
“Germany’s Obsession With Native Americans…” My Article at Indian Country Today
Published online 23 March 2013 at Indian Country Today Media Network, and which will be included in their print edition, my article has prompted over a hundred comments on their Facebook page and among communities in Germany, the US, and others. Discussion can be a good thing, and most especially, education about the issues and […]
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