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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

Adam Beach

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.
ADAM BEACH

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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,
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Success isn’t about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
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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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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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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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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 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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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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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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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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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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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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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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