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In Memory of Graham Greene (1952โ€“2025)Graham Greene was more than an actor.He was a storyteller, a cultural bridge, and ...
25/03/2026

In Memory of Graham Greene (1952โ€“2025)
Graham Greene was more than an actor.
He was a storyteller, a cultural bridge, and a quiet guardian of Native American identity.
Through his roles, he gave Indigenous characters something Hollywood had long denied them โ€” depth, dignity, and humanity.
He refused stereotypes. He chose truth.
Whether portraying elders, warriors, fathers, or healers, Graham Greene carried Native presence with respect โ€” reminding the world that Indigenous people are not relics of the past, but living cultures with voices, values, and wisdom.
Beyond the screen, he represented pride without anger, strength without noise, and resistance through integrity.
For many Native youth, seeing him meant seeing themselves โ€” not as myths, but as real, resilient people.
His legacy is not only in films and awards.
It lives in every story told honestly,
every culture represented with care,
and every future generation that knows their identity matters.
Thank you, Graham Greene,
for honoring the ancestors,
for protecting the stories,
and for reminding the world that Native voices belong โ€” yesterday, today, and always.
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Among Plains Indian nations, counting coup represented the highest form of battlefield honorโ€”a test of courage that valu...
25/03/2026

Among Plains Indian nations, counting coup represented the highest form of battlefield honorโ€”a test of courage that valued bravery over bloodshed. Warriors earned prestige by touching enemies with hand, bow, or coup stick and escaping unharmed, demonstrating superiority through psychological dominance rather than killing. The practice required genuine risk; those who succeeded without injury earned greater respect than those wounded in the attempt. Each act was recorded through notches on coup sticks, eagle feathers, or painted images on ceremonial shirts that documented a warrior"s exploits.

The most prestigious coups involved direct contact with living enemies under dangerous conditions. Touching the first warrior to fall in battle, striking an enemy"s fortifications, or stealing horses tethered outside lodges all counted as legitimate acts of valor. Pacific Northwest tribes tied eagle feathers to coup sticks for each successful count, while Blackfoot warriors wore special shirts bearing coup bars on sleeves and shoulders. A warrior who counted coup typically earned the right to wear an eagle feather; if wounded during the act, he painted the feather red to acknowledge the cost of his courage.

These victories became part of tribal oral and visual histories, recounted during gatherings where warriors shared their battlefield experiences. The tradition emphasized tactical intelligence and personal courage over simple combat effectiveness. By forcing enemies to acknowledge defeat through intimidation rather than death, counting coup reduced casualties while still establishing clear hierarchies of bravery and skill among warriors.

The tradition extended remarkably into modern warfare. Joe Medicine Crow, a Crow Nation member serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, achieved the feat by disarming a German soldier in hand-to-hand combat and later stealing horses from an SS unit. His accomplishment demonstrated how deeply these warrior values persisted, even when Indigenous men fought in conventional military forces far from the Plains.

Counting coup reveals a sophisticated warrior culture that measured honor through controlled aggression and psychological mastery. Rather than glorifying violence, the practice channeled competitive instincts into demonstrations of courage that could be witnessed, verified, and commemorated. It remains one of the most distinctive martial traditions in North American history, reflecting values that prioritized personal bravery, strategic thinking, and community recognition over mere battlefield casualties.

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24/03/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Robert De Niro was born on August 1943, in New York City, into an artistic family. He began his career in the 1960s and rose to prominence with roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), and especially The Godfather Part II (1974), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He continued to impress with Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980 โ€“ Best Actor Oscar), Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Beyond acting, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, the global Nobu restaurant chain, and is a vocal advocate for social justice, arts education, and climate action. With over 60 years of dedication, De Niro stands as a living icon of cinematic excellence and civic responsibility.
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๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.Robe...
24/03/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943, in New York City, into an artistic family. He began his career in the 1960s and rose to prominence with roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), and especially The Godfather Part II (1974), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to impress with Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980 โ€“ Best Actor Oscar), Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Beyond acting, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, the global Nobu restaurant chain, and is a vocal advocate for social justice, arts education, and climate action. With over 60 years of dedication, De Niro stands as a living icon of cinematic excellence and civic responsibility.
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๐ŸŽ‚The beloved actor Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento, California on this day in 1944. He turns 82 today! ๐Ÿค  ๐ŸŽ‰Samuel Pack...
23/03/2026

๐ŸŽ‚The beloved actor Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento, California on this day in 1944. He turns 82 today! ๐Ÿค  ๐ŸŽ‰
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a National Board of Review Award.
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He has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Elliott was cast in the musical drama A Star Is Born (2018), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding prizes at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also won a National Board of Review Award. Elliott starred as Shea Brennan in the American drama miniseries 1883 (2021โ€“2022), for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
Elliott is known for his distinctive lanky physique, full mustache, and deep, sonorous voice. He began his acting career with minor appearances in The Way West (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), season five of Mission: Impossible, and guest-starred on television in the Western Gunsmoke (1972) before landing his first lead film role in Frogs (1972). His film breakthrough was in the drama Lifeguard (1976). Elliott co-starred in the box office hit Mask (1985) and went on to star in several Louis L'Amour adaptations such as The Quick and the Dead (1987) and Conagher (1991), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor โ€“ Miniseries or Television Film. He received his second Golden Globe and first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Buffalo Girls (1995). His other film credits from the early 1990s include as John Buford in the historical drama Gettysburg (1993) and as Virgil Earp in the Western Tombstone (also 1993). In 1998, he played the Stranger in The Big Lebowski.
In the 2000s, Elliott appeared in supporting roles in the drama We Were Soldiers (2002) and the superhero films Hulk (2003) and Ghost Rider (2007). In 2015, he guest-starred on the series Justified, which earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award, and in 2016 began starring in the Netflix series The Ranch. Elliott subsequently had a lead role in the comedy-drama The Hero.
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During the filming of *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Floyd Westerman brought a deeply personal connection to his portrayal...
23/03/2026

During the filming of *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Floyd Westerman brought a deeply personal connection to his portrayal of Ten Bears, the wise Lakota elder. Growing up on the Lake Traverse Reservation, Westerman infused the role with authenticity, blending his own life experiences with the characterโ€™s cultural depth. His standout moment came during the scene where Ten Bears examines John Dunbarโ€™s journal, where his subtle but powerful performance conveyed trust, skepticism, and wisdom with minimal dialogue. Westermanโ€™s background as a musician and Native American activist added another layer of depth to the role, making him an ideal choice for portraying Ten Bears, as it was about more than just actingโ€”it was about honoring the spirit of the Lakota people.
Westermanโ€™s dedication to cultural authenticity was evident in his preparation for the role. He spent weeks learning the Lakota language, ensuring he delivered every line with fluency and respect. On set, he served as a cultural guide, educating the cast and crew about Lakota traditions and history, even offering advice on portraying sacred rituals, such as the buffalo hunt scene. His contributions extended beyond his acting, as he also suggested ways to make Ten Bears" environment more realistic, such as the arrangement of buffalo hides in his tipi. Westerman"s commitment to authenticity, along with his ability to convey complex emotions through minimal words, made his portrayal of Ten Bears unforgettable. His legacy lives on, as his performance remains one of the filmโ€™s most powerful and culturally significant element

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.Robe...
20/03/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943, in New York City, into an artistic family. He began his career in the 1960s and rose to prominence with roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), and especially The Godfather Part II (1974), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to impress with Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980 โ€“ Best Actor Oscar), Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Beyond acting, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, the global Nobu restaurant chain, and is a vocal advocate for social justice, arts education, and climate action. With over 60 years of dedication, De Niro stands as a living icon of cinematic excellence and civic responsibility.
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