US History

Every persons past history makes up apart of who they are. Who your ancestors are and what they did impact your life somehow, such as moving to the country where you grew up, religion, or cultural influences, etc. In the movie Smoke Signals  both Victor and Thomas are influenced by their Native American past. Victor strives to follow in the path of the Indian warrior while Thomas plays more of the Storyteller role. These cultural ancestry footprints they walk in are not only apart of their history going centuries back, but have become stereotypes that they are striving to follow as well. Society's mark on who they should be transforms how they see themselves losing all meaning of who they are. They are following a trail that has 2 different direction society vs. history. Victor conformity to society takes away the meaning of what it is to be an Indian. He doesn't look on his tribes  or the forefathers meaning but what people who aren't even indian say they have

          Wes Stud i  Wesley "Wes" Studi is a Native American (Cherokee) Actor who has expressed his native culture through film. His amazing portals of his characters has changed the modern stereotypes society has placed on Native Americans. His most known performances are his roles in "Dancing with Wolves", "The last of the Mohicans", "Geronimo", "Heat", and "Avatar". Until he was five he only spoke his native Cherokee language. He attended the Chicolo Indian Boarding School in Northern Oklahoma, but unlike many Native American students he never forget his language. After his time in the U.S military he became very politically involved with Native American issues, such as joining the AIM (American Indian Movement) and participated in the Trail of Broken Treaties and Bureau Of Indian Affairs protests. Wes soon moved towards looking for a positive way of change besides through protesting. He then helped publish the Cher