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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,

Adam Beach

Smoke Signals really mirrored the way I grew up and how I felt, and that movie was the first time I’d dealt with my parents’ death and how I felt that loss and sadness and anger.
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Anger Deal Felt Grow Mirrored Movie Parent Sadness Signal Smoke
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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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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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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It’s what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn’t about money.
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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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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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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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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,
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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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I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression.
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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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I was able to express certain emotions and feelings that I could put into other characters, so it was a good way for me to run away from ho I personally was.
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Ever since I started acting, I’ve always spoken to our people about identity. I’ve spoken to kids, telling them: “Where do I get my strength to push through the barriers to get me where I’m at today? It’s my culture and my traditions, you know?
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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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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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