Martin Good Rider, born William Martin Pepion (1924-1966) was #Blackfeet and appeared with #ShirleyTemple in SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES (1939). He enlisted in the #USNavy in #WWII. #NativeAmerican Jessica Pickens Jan Sikes, Author AnthonyPerry Jenny Barrett Farran Nehme

Unbelievable. I cowrote this 1998 article about “quality” #Westerns of #WarnerBros, and The Hollywood Reporter spelled my name wrong. Will #HorizonAnAmericanSaga join that list? Hollywood Reporter Archives Chris Yogerst Legends of The Old West 🤠 Thomas Doherty #KevinCostner #ClintEastwood #JohnFord #SamPeckinpah

LA Police Chief James E Davis and actor #FrancisLederer pose in feathered headdress in front of #LACityHall in 1933 for the mayor’s swearing-in ceremony.😄 Hill Place Blog Farran Nehme Silent Stars ⭐ @HGACinema Conrad J. Barrington #TCMParty

The first #cowboy star Maxwell Henry Aronson a.k.a. “Broncho Billy” Anderson (1880-1971) was Jewish. Along with George Kirke Spoor, he founded #Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907 whose logo was an Indian head. #Westerns Silent Stars ⭐ WallaceReid* Chris Yogerst Thomas Doherty

"Lost Bird" is a 6-min animated film about Zintkála Nuni (1890-1920) a.k.a. Margaret E Colby of #CheyenneRiverSioux. She survived the 1890 #WoundedKneeMassacre. (repost) #SilentFilms #NativeWomen #Lakota NABS Healing Coalition @alliancenative Jenny Barrett Barbara Landis youtube.com/watch?v=17Te4t…

The Heart Stays (2023) by Diane Fraher (#Osage) is a #NativeAmerican response to big-studio financed films like #KillersoftheFlowerMoon. It’s a story of two Osage sisters told by Native people. Indican Pictures Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Osage News IllumiNative

#HorizonAmericanSaga has references to #TheSearchers and #HowTheWestWasWon. But when Pionsenay argues for raiding and Tuayeseh wants peace, Pionsenay leaves the tribe. Not unlike Broken Arrow's (1950) standoff between Cochise and Geronimo. #Westerns Chris Yogerst Ger Browne

The play "Dark Noon" by Danish dir Tue Biering is a "clownish retelling of European settlers’ push into the American West." With #Indigenous characters and Blacks portraying European settlers in whiteface. Natasha Tripney Drew Hayden Taylor Brian DeLay Buffalo Bill Center of the West #Westerns

In Lee Tamahori’s “The Convert” an English minister in #NewZealand is caught between warring #Māori. According to@THR, it "thankfully avoids falling victim to white savior syndrome” & Bob Strauss“not totally successful, but a better tale than Costner's contemporaneous #Horizon.

Finally! #ReservationDogs is nominated for 4 #Emmys including Best Comedy Series. And a special best actor nod goes to D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. “Mvto from our whole team!” says showrunner #SterlinHarjo. #NativeAmericans hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/202…

Coming to #TIFF24 is the world premiere of 𝙍𝙀𝙕 𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙇 and will be released on Netflix 9.27.2024. Produced by #LeBronJames and featuring one of my favorites, Kiowa Gordon. 😉 #NativeAmerican #basketball NDNSPORTS.COM Dallas Goldtooth LeBron James Fans 👑 netflix.com/tudum/articles…

Story in @LAtimes about #Chickasaw filmmakers Edwin Carewe, Finis Fox, & Wallace Fox. Chapter 2 in my book "Hollywood's #NativeAmericans: Stories of Identity and Resistance" discusses all three of them. The Nitrate Diva Steve Padilla Jenny Barrett latimes.com/entertainment-…

"First We Bombed New Mexico" screens at Flagstaff Int'l Film Festival Aug 3. The doc reveals southern NM #Hispanic and #NativeAmericans exposed to catastrophic levels of radioactive fallout. Jacqueline Keeler Annie Jacobsen #LagunaPueblo #Navajo #TrinityTest nhonews.com/news/filmmaker…

Congrats to all their #Indigenous athletes! Drew Hayden Taylor

WORLD PREMIERE INTERVIEW and FIRST LOOK PHOTOS! Rez Ball hits @Netflix Sep. 27 2024! #REZBALL is directed by Sydney Freeland, co-written by Sterlin Harjo and produced by LeBron James. (LeBron James) via Vincent Schilling of Native Viewpoint. nativeviewpoint.com/rez-ball-netfl…

#REZBALL premieres Sept 27 on #Netflix . Cast includes Kauchani Bratt, who affiliates with the non-profit Quechua and Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation--not recognized by feds or state but recognized by TX for its cultural contributions. #LeBronJames clutchpoints.com/rez-ball-exclu…

#CaryGrant & #EvaMarieSaint made honorary members of the #Sioux Nation while filming near Mt Rushmore on Sept 18, 1958, for Hitchcock’s #NorthbyNorthwest. Jennifer Churchill Farran Nehme AFI CT Million Don Mancini Sister Celluloid, same on Bluesky and Threads Chris Yogerst Thomas Doherty #TCMParty

#BuffySainteMarie Jacqueline Keeler Rozalind AnthonyPerry Douglas Buchholz

My piece on Myrtle Gonzalez--believed to be the first Mexican-American actress--to be fêted at Cinecon Classic Film Festival Aug 29-Sept 2 in Beverly Hills. (She played a #NativeAmerican in "The Sea Gull" 1914.) Thanks, Farran Nehme AFI #SilentFilm #TCMParty Silent Movies