It ain’t easy being Indian but I gotta do it!

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It ain’t easy being Indian but I gotta do it!

05-07-2009, 12:09 PM

By Ricey Wild
News From Indian Country

I remember seeing the movie Billy Jack for the first time. It was in a small, crusty theatre in a racist town at the apex of three large reservations, in 1970-something. Billy Jack was no happy-ending Disney movie; all of which I was used to and adored.

Prior to this aha! moment was my hopelessly naive and myopic life view. (Someday my Prince will come...) So-here’s Billy Jack saving the day by riding in on a motorcycle and an eagle feather and then kicking some pinkish butt! Hai Ya!

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