Turtleboy had to put down the Mountain Dew Zero and pop a couple of ritalin in order to get this message to you! Follow us on Instagram @skoden_cinema and on Facebook for an EXCLUSIVE first time sneak peek of the award winning short film TOTSU (RedBird) by Jeremy Charles. Tag a friend, send a text, smash subscribe, smoke a signal; Do whatever you have to do to get there! This is one of the most exciting Native films I have seen in a long time, and I promise you, you are NOT going to want to miss it! MVTO!!

You're OFFICIALLY invited to Skoden Cinema's first ever Tribal TV Party! These episodes will focus on the roles or storylines involving Native characters on the small screen. To kick off, this very special episode, Turtle breaks down all the head splitting tripe contained in this 22 minute episode! He talks about the Nez Perce flight to freedom, Looking Glass, Dehl Berti, and all the inaccuracies you can shake a war club at. Enjoy! MVTO!!

SOURCES

Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War by Merrill D. Beal

IMDB (of course)

Wikipedia (gross)

Hesci! It's the epic return of Skoden Cinema from the 7 month hiatus. In this episode, Turtle completely mansplains the 2004 boxing flick Black Cloud, starring Eddie Spears, Julia Jones, Russell Means, Saginaw Grant, and Nathaniel Arcand. Oh yeah, Tim McGraw and Rick Schroder are in this too.

We dig in deep to the body by discussing real life Navajo boxer Lowell Bahe, we take a right hook to the brain by learning the origins of the word "Squaw" and why we should never use it when describing Native women, until we're finally knocked into the Spirit World.

Music for the episode by John Moreland "Black Cloud" and "Things I Can't Control" off the 2011 album Things I Can't Control

References include IMDB, Arizona Sun newspaper, Seeing Red by Prof. LeAnne Howe, wikipedia (gross)

Aho-ho-ho! We wrap up the 1989 film Pow Wow Highway! Topics include the prophets Sweet Medicine and Light Cloud, the history of the Fort Robinson Outbreak/Massacre, and we draw comparisons between this film and Smoke Signals.

Music:

Let It Snow by Warscout

What Child is This? (in Cherokee) by Jana Mashonee

HO HO HOKA-HEY! Merry Christmas! It's a Skoden surprise drop right before Christmas. That's right ol NDN Claus restrung the muffler with some fresh baling wire. He put brand new strips of packing tape on the war pony windshield and he's ready to fill some Crown Royal bags hung by the chimney with care full of Bepsie and fried baloney sandwiches. Welcome to the very first HOLIDAY themed episode, featuring one of MY FAVORITE Native movies of all time, Pow Wow Highway.

In this episode, Turtle does a deep dive on one of the most often quoted, iconic buddy road trip films that very few people have ever seen. It features two of the most unforgettable, realistic performances in independent film history, Buddy Red Bow (A. Martinez) and Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer). We talk about the importance of this film and how it relates to contemporary Native portrayals, the history of Protector, the war pony as told in the novel, and even a shirtless Rodney A. Grant just for the hoktes.

The film is also notable for the on screen debut of Wes Studi, and includes cameos from Graham Greene, John Trudell, and Floyd Red Crow Westerman, just to name a few. We also talk about how difficult it is to shoehorn this film into one particular genre as it shapeshifts act to act. All that entertainment packed into one solid hour of conversation. So join me....on the POW WOW HIGHWAY.

Music:

12 Days of NDN Christmas by Warscout off the album, "Red Christmas" available on Itunes. I do not own the rights to the music in this episode.

Sources:

IMDB

Celluloid Indians by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick

Hollywood's Indian by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor

Hesci! Welcome to the first Skoden Cinema Hall of Fame spotlight episode featuring Oklahoma's own Will Sampson. What can you possibly say about the man who singlehandedly broke tinsel town's stereotypical portrayal of Native peoples? He was a renowned painter, activist, and actor. His career would last but 12 short years, leaving behind only 22 film and television appearances. But the impact that he left in Native filmgoers is still felt today! The episode explores his life told through stories, books, and letters shared with me by friends, relatives, and relations from all over Indian country.MVTO!

Rakko Mvto to:

E.A. Efurd

Deacon Rusty Powell and the Grave Creek Baptist Church

Pogie Dawn

Norman Daniel

Lvmhe Sampson

Samoche Sampson

Andra Freeman

James Whitecloud

all the relatives I've forgotten!

Beloved Brother: The William Sampson Jr story by Norma Jean Bible Sampson

Hollywood’s Indian by Peter C Rollins and John E. O’Connor

New York Times June 6th, 1976 He Rufuses to be an Ugh-Tonto Indian by Grace Lichtenstein

Wikipedia

YouTube

IMDB

Making of Cuckoo Featurette

Music by

Jevsvs Kvwvpvkte by Sand Creek Baptist Church off the album Seminole Creek Hymns used by permission Ques IMC available at https://www.seminolenationmuseum.org/shop/cd-dvd/m.products/54/view/1053

Mekusapvlke Jesus by Jimsey Harjo available through the MCN language department

I Know This Man by the Sampson Brothers used by permission. Available at https://sampsonbros.bandcamp.com/track/i-know-this-man

Hesci! After a visit from Mr. Murphy and all his laws, Skoden Cinema FINALLY brings Fish Hawk (1979) pt II. In this episode, Turtleboy gives you a full breakdown on the 1979 made-for-TV movie FISH HAWK, starring Native screen, Oklahoma, and MVSKOKE legend, WILL SAMPSON. He also looks at the book, which was the source material for the film, and compares and contrasts the two. Should you never judge a movie based on the book? Is the book always better than the movie? Those questions plus a few others will be answered.

MVTO!

"Creek Hymn" by Elisa Harkins and Dannie Wesley, intro music

"Free Everybody" by Elisa Harkins, outro music

Available on iTunes, Soundcloud, and Spotify

www.elisaharkins.org for more information

Hesci!

In this very first special 3 part episode, Turtle discusses the advantages of changing up the format, introduces the 1979 made for television movie Fish Hawk starring famed MVSKOKE actor WILL SAMPSON, and explores the historical stereotype of Native American's predisposition to alcohol. Watch out! He's armed with facts, refutes, and diet Mountain Dew!

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MVTO

Intro music- Buffalo Dance- Netche Gray, Songs of the Muskogee Creek part I

Outro Music- Peyote Healing- Robbie Robertson, Contact From the Underworld of Redboy

Source Material adapted from "All the Real Indians Died Off and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans" by Dunbar-Ortiz and Gilio-Whitaker

Just in time for Halloween, Turtle discusses the 1982 Native themed horror/slasher movie the Ghost Dance, starring Julie Damato, Victor Mohica, Frank Salsedo, and Henry Bal. Other topics on the table include Native American ghost stories and legends, the real history of the Ghost Dance, Sitting Bull, and the Ghost Dance Wars, and the tragedy of the Wounded Knee Massacre.

He also talks about the Indigenous metal band, Cemican, why you should never use the term MYTH when talking about creation stories, and why you should never jump in puddles after it rains.

On this episode, Turtle explores the White Earth Nation of north western Minnesota and Ontario, the beautiful history of the Anishinaabe, wild ricing, Whitefish Bay Singers, the origins of the Jingle Dress and dance, plus a review of the wonderful 2014 Bill Eigen film The Jingle Dress. He finally answers the "Johnny Depp" question, explains Cigar Store Groaners, and discovers his new favorite drank, SASPARILLAS.....

www.thejingledress.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/303258416422740/

www.whiteearth.com

www.realwildrice.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/296311518234262/

https://www.instagram.com/skoden_cinema/