Indian Comics Irregular #176 It used to be that anyone--Anthony Quinn, Rock Hudson, Audrey Hepburn--could play an Indian. But if you thought the era of actors...
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Sep 27, 2008 12:06 am
Indian Comics Irregular #175 While writing about "Frozen River" and "The Exiles" last issue, I neglected to mention the other Native movies that have come out...
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Sep 1, 2008 9:59 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #174 Two movies--one new and one old--are making a splash in Indian country. Both show a dark side of Native life in which success...
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Aug 9, 2008 1:51 am
Indian Comics Irregular #173 In ICI #163, I wrote about "Graham Greene, Shakespearean." That was far from the first Native attempt to perform one of the...
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Jul 10, 2008 5:47 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #172 Recently a group of Canadian Natives began publishing a magazine called Redskin, believe it or not. They describe it as "the...
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Jun 13, 2008 2:46 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #171 "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the fourth installment in the swashbuckling series, features spear-wielding...
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May 20, 2008 4:02 am
Indian Comics Irregular #170 As I've done for the past 12 years, I attended the First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) awards ceremony this month. Despite a few...
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Apr 23, 2008 9:01 am
Indian Comics Irregular #169 Continuing my review of events in 2007, we turn to fiction by and about Indians. Perhaps the biggest news in the dramatic arts was...
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Mar 25, 2008 6:55 am
Indian Comics Irregular #168 In this newsletter I usually focus on the fictional arts: movies, TV shows, comic books and strips, plays, novels, etc. But the...
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Feb 28, 2008 7:19 am
Indian Comics Irregular #167 Last year I participated in the Creative Spirit short-film competition here in Los Angeles. The competition was organized by...
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Feb 2, 2008 5:46 am
Indian Comics Irregular #166 In January, CBS broadcast "Comanche Moon," Larry McMurtry's prequel to his hit "Lonesome Dove." Spread over three nights, the...
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Jan 13, 2008 2:53 am
Indian Comics Irregular #165 In ICI #162 I discussed the return of Magua-like characters. Don't look now, but the original Huron devil is back as well. Marvel...
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Dec 25, 2007 7:47 am
Indian Comics Irregular #164 On December 6 I spoke on Natives in comic books at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey. Accompanying me was Michael Sheyahshe...
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Dec 3, 2007 11:43 pm
Rob Schmidt (Blue Corn Comics, PECHANGA.net) and Michael Sheyashe ("Native Americans in Comic Books") will speak on Native comic books at the Montclair Art...
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Nov 29, 2007 7:46 am
Indian Comics Irregular #163 Movie stars sometimes return to the stage to exercise their acting chops. Native thespians are no exception. For instance,...
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Nov 9, 2007 4:20 am
Indian Comics Irregular #162 Just when you thought it was safe to read Native comic books, the murderous Indian savage is back. Suddenly we're seeing...
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Oct 14, 2007 9:20 am
Indian Comics Irregular #161 Recently I reviewed several Native comics from above the lower 48 (i.e., from Canada and Alaska). None of them were exceptional,...
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Sep 23, 2007 6:33 am
Indian Comics Irregular #160 In ICI #157 I introduced the subject of Native theater. With all the activity going on, there’s much more to say about it....
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Aug 28, 2007 6:56 am
Indian Comics Irregular #159 In April, "CSI: Miami" aired an episode about Indian gaming titled "Bloodline." How bad was this show? * A county supervisor was...
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Aug 9, 2007 6:55 am
Indian Comics Irregular #158 Last year's Australian movie "Ten Canoes" finally made it to West and East Coast theaters. There the major newspapers took note...
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Jul 19, 2007 5:53 am
Indian Comics Irregular #157 Soon after meeting the strange and exotic "redmen," Americans began staging shows about them. The efforts included Wild West...
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Jun 20, 2007 12:55 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #156 May saw the premiere of HBO's movie of Dee Brown's classic "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." The critical appraisals ranged from...
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May 29, 2007 5:46 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #155 The latest news and reviews of Indians in comics: * In March I flew to Indianapolis for the Eiteljorg Museum's "Native American...
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May 2, 2007 6:17 am
Indian Comics Irregular #154 The plot of "Pathfinder," the latest Native-themed movie from a major studio, is simple enough: Vikings abandon boy (Karl Urban)...
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Apr 7, 2007 7:29 am
Indian Comics Irregular #153 Natives haven't fared well in video games. But Prey, a first-person shooter released last year, may change that. As the...
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Mar 20, 2007 9:29 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #152 Michael Sheyahshe (Caddo), author of "Native Americans in Comics," also writes about Natives in video games. He published an...
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Mar 2, 2007 2:01 pm
What's Black and White and Red All Over? Eiteljorg Museum to Present "Native American Portrayals in Comics" Step aside, Superman. The Eiteljorg Museum in...
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Feb 23, 2007 7:57 am
Indian Comics Irregular #151 The last few months have been busy ones for Indians in comics. Here's a roundup of the latest news and reviews: * Comic Book...
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Jan 25, 2007 7:40 am
Indian Comics Irregular #150 Three new comic-book series--SCALPED, COWBOYS & ALIENS, and RED PROPHET--feature Indians in prominent roles. They're all worth a...
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Dec 31, 2006 7:41 pm
Indian Comics Irregular #149 How stereotypical is Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto"? Very, according to film and cultural critics: The creepy, dead-eyed king looks...
