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Cheyenne Arapaho Film Director

Cheyenne Arapaho Film Director. Chris Eyre. “Feature film director Chris Eyre has been giving a voice to contemporary Native American people ever since his 1998 indie(Indian) hit Smoke Signals. ” (Mother Jones Podcast,2009). Chris Eyre.

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Cheyenne Arapaho Film Director

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  1. Cheyenne Arapaho Film Director Chris Eyre

  2. “Feature film director Chris Eyre has been giving a voice to contemporary Native American people ever since his 1998 indie(Indian) hit Smoke Signals.” (Mother Jones Podcast,2009)

  3. Chris Eyre Directs films, documentaries and TV shows with accurate portrayals of Native Americans Age 43 in 2011

  4. Born in Portland, Oregon Raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon ..

  5. “I'd like to make movies that are about Indians here and now, Indians living in the 21st century, and show that they are as complex as any other people... and it has nothing to do with spirituality or oppression. It's just about people being people. That's really what I'm seeking” (Eyre, 2002).

  6. Family Daughter: Shahiyela Shahiyela’s mom: Lori Pourier Adoptive parents: Barbara and Earl (Caucasian) Reconnects with his biological mother, Rose, at age 18

  7. Traditional Cheyenne and Arapaho People in Regalia Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College President Dr. Henrietta Mann Red Earth Princess Carrie Kay-Kay Whitlow Chiefs of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

  8. Cheyenne and Arapaho are two distinct tribes Because of the creation of Indian Reservations, many tribes were force to exist with another tribe

  9. Cheyenne Traditional Homeland Near the Great Lakes in what is now Minnesota and Great Plains Cheyenne remain a powerful tribe

  10. Arapaho Traditional Homeland Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, Eastern Colorado, and Western South Dakota

  11. Graduate Education 1995, Master of Fine Arts, Graduate Film Program New York University Best short film award for Tenacity, 1995

  12. Undergraduate Education 1989: Associate of Applied Science Degree: Television Production Major Mt. Hood Community College (Learned multi-camera television) 1991, Bachelor's Degree, Media Arts University of Arizona (created non-sync 16mm films)

  13. Career Achievements • Directs Major films • Co-produces TV series • Makes music video • Creates documentaries for PBS

  14. On the Set Chris Eyre

  15. Major Film Productions A Thousand Roads (2005) Movie A Thief of Time (2004)TV Movie Edge of America (2003)TV Movie Things We Do(1998)Music Video Skinwalkers (2002)TV Movie Skins (2002)Movie Smoke Signals (1998)Movie

  16. A Thousand Roads (2005) Movie

  17. A Thief of Time (2004) TV Movie

  18. Edge of America (2003) TV Movie

  19. Skinwalkers (2002) TV Movie

  20. Skins (2002) Movie

  21. Things We Do (1998) Music Video

  22. Smoke Signals (1998) Movie

  23. Smoke Signals (1999) Awards 15 nominations Won 9 awards Best film Best actor Newcomer of the year Best Debut Performance All Native American Cast and Crew

  24. Skins (2002) Awards Wins 2 awards Best Actor Theatrical Feature Film Nominated for Best Male Lead Nominated Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film

  25. Skinwalkers (2002) Adapted from the Novel “Skinwalkers” by Tony Hillerman

  26. TV Series The American Experience (TV series documentary) We Shall Remain: Part 1-5 (2009) Freedom Riders (TV series) (2009) Law and Order: SVU (TV series) Smut (2008) Friday Night Lights (TV Series) Keeping up Appearances (2008)

  27. We Shall Remain (2009) TV Series

  28. Freedom Riders (2009) TV Series

  29. Law and Order: SVU (2009) TV

  30. Friday Night Lights (2008) TV

  31. Eyre works with PBS to create a five part educational series on Native American Indian history during colonization (2009).

  32. “I think in the series what you find is that nothing is simple and nothing is black or white… you can’t always be sure the choices you would have made at the time and the series really sheds light on that” (Eyre, 2009). Chris Eyre comments about the “We Shall Remain” series.

  33. Publisher, Chris Neumer comments on Skins and Smoke Signals: “My reaction to both films was, I’m not sure if I’m being naïve or I’m being super enlightened, but when I watched this movie, I just saw people”(2002).

  34. Current Productions Native Century: TV series that tells the stories about Native Americans after Wound Knee Massacre A Year in Mooring: Movie about successful businessman who suffers tragedy

  35. Chris Eyre Today • Cheyenne and Arapaho success at Age 43 • Currently lives in Rapid City, South Dakota • Directs films & documentaries

  36. Question For Chris Eyre What would you like to tell Native American Youth?

  37. Matt Cram • Biographer • Currently attending University of Wisconsin-Platteville • Social Science Major/with History Emphasis • I like to play sports and anything outdoors

  38. Special Thanks • Thanks to those people who helped me on this project • Thanks to the sources that I used on this project • Thanks to Chris Eyre, couldn’t do this project without him • Thanks to Kevin Locke for the Music used in this project • Special thanks to Garnet Wind, Julie Philips, and Colleen Garrity

  39. References 1-5 Alexie, S. (2006). Old school reviews. Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_2000/smoke_signals.htm Bowman, J. (2006). Filmmaker Chris Eyre: Telling it like it is. Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.nativepeoples.com/article/articles/137/1/Filmmaker-Chris-Eyre Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe. (2010). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.c-a-tribes.org/government Http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/heard_on_set_eyre. Chris Eyre (Director). ().[Video/DVD] Chris Eyre biography. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800024676/bio

  40. References 6-10 Chris Eyre biography TMC. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=514832&apid=0 Chris Eyre on young native people. . (Jan 23, 2008).[Video/DVD] Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URC4CDdHQA0 Chris Eyre: Filmmaker. (2008). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://chriseyre.org/ Chris Neumer. (2006). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://stumpedmagazine.com/articles/chris-neumer.html Cowboys and Indians. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.cowboysindians.com/art-entertainment/tv-film/2010-12/reel-injun-pbs-independant-lens-documentary-examines-native-roles-in-film.jsp

  41. References 11-15 Day of the black docs. (2010). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.dayofblackdocs.org/ DGA awards. (2009). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.dga.org/thedga/aw_tv.php3 Edge of America. (2011). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.moviefone.com/movie/edge-of-america/20712/main Http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/heard_on_set_eyre. Eyre, C. (Director). (2009).[Video/DVD] PBS: PBS. Fitts, A. (2011). Interview: Chris Eyre, native American director, and ric burns, documentary filmmaker. Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://motherjones.com/media/2009/05/interview-chris-eyre-native-american-director-and-ric-burns-documentary-filmmaker

  42. References 16-20 Flag of Arapaho nation. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.tmealf.com/native_american/n-a.htm Foriegnmoviesddl. (2009). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com/2009/03/skins-2002-chris-eyre.html Foster care month. (2009). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.fostercaremonth.org/SuccessStories/FosterCareAlumni/Pages/ChrisEyre.aspx Friday night lights. (2011). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216628/ Greenwichmeantime. (2010). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/south-dakota/

  43. References 21-26 IMDB. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3850607360/tt0284494 IMDB. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312278/ Indigenous. (2006). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.uulyrics.com/music/indigenous/song-things-we-do/ Law and order. (2011). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1248622/ Locke, K, Good, D, and Wasinger, T. (2008). Earth Gift. Pittsburgh, PA: Ixtlan Artist Group, Inc. Map of united states. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_map_-_geographic.png

  44. References 27-31 Movie camera. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://pvk2010.wikispaces.com/Ms.+Cabral%27s+Class Movie web. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.movieweb.com/movie/smoke-signals/PGqSytqy6lZetz Mt. hood. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.campusexplorer.com/colleges/3A51F902/Oregon/Gresham/Mt-Hood-Community-College-Gresham/ Multicamera-diagram. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Multicamera-diagram.png MyNorth.com. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/December-2009/Chris-Eyre-Presents-quotSmoke-Signals-quot-in-Traverse-City/

  45. References 32-36 Native arts. (2009). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://community.livejournal.com/native_arts/tag/artist%20profile NativeCelebs. (2005). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.miigwan.com/nativeamericans3.html Neumer, C. (2006). Stumped magazine. Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://stumpedmagazine.com/interviews/chris-eyre-transcript.html PBS mystery. (2004). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/american/thief/popups/eyre.html PBS picture. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/entertainment/BO120638/

  46. References 37-41 Seal of Portland, Oregon. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Portland_OR.png Skinwalkers. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Skinwalkers.JPG Stahl productions. (2004). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://stahlproductions.com/article.php?article_id=548 SWOSU. (2008). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.swosu.edu/news/releases/2008/2008-04-04a.asp Talltalestruetales. (2009). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.talltalestruetales.com/2009/04/chris-eyreoregon-filmmaker/

  47. References 42-46 A thief of time. (2011). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367135/ A thousand roads. (2011). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407254/ University of Arizona. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://arizona.lawschoolnumbers.com/ University of New York. (2011). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://movement.nyu.edu/commotion/ We shall remain. (2009). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/photo_gallery

  48. References 47-52 We shall remain. (2009). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/11/all-the-news-that-s-fit-to-sing/we-shall-remain.html We shall remain main page. (2009). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/ We shall remain: Cast and crew. (2009). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/meet_cast_and_crew We shall remain: Cast picture. (2009). Retrieved February 8, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_1_about We shall remain: Chris Eyre. (2009). Retrieved February 12, 2011, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/episode_1_cast_bios#cEyre Zempel, E. (2008). Zombie reporting center. Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/page/2/?s=diary+of+the+dead

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