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“The only way I can be Indian now, the only way I can be Cherokee now, is nostalgically. I can tell the stories but anyone can tell any stories now, stories don’t have the weight that we need them to have, they’re not the proper baggage.”

“The only way I can be Indian now, the only way I can be Cherokee now, is nostalgically. I can tell the stories but anyone can tell any stories now, stories don’t have the weight that we need them to have, they’re not the proper baggage.”

“There’s a close parallel between the notion of the anthropologist as hero, discovering a foreign culture and bringing it back home, and the film-maker doing the same thing and bringing back evidence of it on film.”

“The wonderful thing about film, if you use the medium properly, is that the image is richer and overwhelms your simple message and commentary.”

“It was a moment that was filled with wonder and grace, a time of dreams and wishes and miracles. After so much brutality…the spirit of the election emerged as something that transformed us all.”