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| Kickapoo Tribal Chairman Steve Cadue, right, presents a tribal flag to actor Wes Studi. Studi is starring in "The Only Good Indian." |
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Kickapoo Language, Culture to be Featured in Film
Staff Report
The Kickapoo language and culture will be featured in a movie now being filmed in Kansas.
"The Only Good Indian" is a fictionalized account of the removal of Native American children from their homes and their forced attendance at Indian boarding schools.
About 20 members of the Kickapoo Tribe will appear in the film, which is being shot in Cottonwood Falls, Topeka, Lawrence and other locations in the state.
The Kickapoo language is spoken throughout the film, scheduled to be released in 2008.
"Currently the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas is the only tribe in the United States whose language and culture is being represented by tribal members in a movie production," said Tribal Chairman Steve Cadue during a recent visit to the movie set.
Cadue got a chance to meet popular Native American actor Wes Studi, who is starring in the movie. A member of the Cherokee Tribe in Oklahoma, Studi has appeared in dozens of films, including "Dances With Wolves," "Last of the Mohicans" and "Heat."
Cadue presented Studi with an official Kickapoo Tribe flag and a t-shirt emphasizing the Tribe's Plum Creek water project and the need for a comprehensive water plan for the reservation near Horton.
"Wes is a real gentleman and very sympathetic to our cause," Cadue said.
Tom Carmody, a film producer and screenwriter from Lawrence, is producing "The Only Good Indian." The director is Kevin Willmott, a film professor at University of Kansas.
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