“That was one of the things I liked about the role. My character is mentioned a lot. I’m the central theme, but I don’t have to back it up with too much acting.”
“I didn’t rise up in armed rebellion against the American government. I supported the people that did, and I didn’t separate myself from them, but I never physically did that. I always spoke whatever my mind was and I organized with whatever abilities I had.”
“The fire was consistent with the history of democracy and its treatment of the Indigenous peoples. If we place this in a historical perspective, what they did was they attacked a winter camp and killed the women and children.”
How does one overcome such a disaster? “You don’t. You live with it, I guess. If you can call it that.”
“I wake up the next day and it’s a completely different world. And one knows that the world will never, ever be the same again. It’s like being left behind.” – The fire.~
SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald