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We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how America was created.

Adam Beach

It’s what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn’t about money.
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Believe Heart Mind Money People Succeed
I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.
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Well to me growing, up I’ve had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned.
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Growing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.
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Acting for me was an escape and it wasn’t until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge to grow.
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I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression.
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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,
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With this film, it’s nice to see that the trauma is presented from a white male that was in the Civil War and that trauma affects him in a way that still exists.
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We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully
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After that movie I said, “Y’know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That’s gotta be as real as it gets. It’s not just dialogue anymore.”
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I carry two traditional pipes and I sing my songs and pray that us as human beings treat each other with respect. So when it came to trying to portray a connection on screen, that’s what you see.
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I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y’know.
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Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.
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And I hope a lot of people get a sense of that; not to take away that we also have that warrior spirit.
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We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how America was created.
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We have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them.
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We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how America was created.

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