Let’s get it out of the way first.

You know, this idea that no Native movies were produced in 2006. 

If that's true, then why are thousands of people coming to our site every day?  Why are there terrific magazines and sites dedicated to celebrating the leaders and the best of the indigenous cinema world?  Why are we busier than we could have ever dreamed we could be?  Why all the buzz about the possibility  of the first Native Academy Award nominee in nearly two decades?

Okay. It’s out of the way.

2006 was a very good year. A year where nary a bead or feather as far as the eye can see except in documentary footage. Natives. Old Natives, young Natives. Mean Natives; nice Natives. Fat Natives. Sexy, sexy Natives. Urban, suburban and reservation Natives. Natives in gangs; Natives in love; Natives in uniform; Natives in courtrooms. Documentaries; comedies and true-life dramas. Natives. Indians. Aboriginals. 

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.  Expiration Date.  One Dead Indian.  Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis.  UnNatural and Accidental.  The Velvet Devil.  Teachings of the Tree People.  Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy.  Dude vs. Dude.  Gang Aftermath.  Silent Thunder.  Dude Vision.  Clean Fight.  Dream Makers.  The Canary Effect.  The Border Crossed Us,  and a few Hollywood nuggets featuring Natives,  Apocalypto  and Flags of our Fathers.

…Just for starters.  

Names? You want names? Shonie and Andee De La Rosa. Tim Ramos. Rueben Martell. Ernest Webb. Rod Pocowatchit. Angelique Midthunder. Chris Eyre. Sterlin Harjo.  Nathaniel Arcand. Dakota House. Adam Beach. Steven Heape. Gary Farmer. Chip Riche. Joanelle Romero. Zacharias Kunuk. Susan Cardinal. Gil Cardinal. Tracy Rector. Robert Guthrie. George Angelo. Tokala Clifford. Andrea Menard. Paul Rickard. Georgina Lightning. Tonantzin Carmelo. Jon Proudstar. And more.  Many many more.

And that’s not even including what’s coming up right around the corner…Imprint.  California Indian.  A Life Less Empty.  The Stone Child.  Fallen Angels.  Turquoise Rose.  Moose TV.  Native State.  Mile Post 398.  NCTV.  Four Sheets to the Wind. 

Natives. Old Natives, young Natives. Mean Natives; nice Natives. Fat Natives. Sexy, sexy Natives. Urban, suburban and reservation Natives. Natives in gangs; Natives in love; Natives in uniform; Natives in courtrooms. Documentaries; comedies and true-life dramas. Natives. Indians. Aboriginals. 

So this talk??  I don’t know what it means.  

Nary a bead or feather as far as the eye can see… 

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