I used to take occasional breaks from my computer studies and with Sister Becca taking them from her nursing studies, and we headed off to the filming of this. Yeah well, not even a shot from the backside! It was a pleasant waste of a weekend for two college students with nothing to do for three days ..... (No, there was never anything between us, we were and still are best of friends!)
Now back then we had some strong diametrically opposed forces and opinions.
There was the US Government stealing the financial resources from the Indian Tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs trying to register all American Indians - and we were sure it was to force us out of American society - and finally those of us of Indian descent. We all felt disenfranchised and about to be betrayed, yet again. Were it not for the upheaval in the government at the time due to the lying tongue of Richard Nixon ..... who knows how out of control the BIA might have become ...?
Remember, I am 1/4th Umatilla (no matter what I look like) and Sister Becca is a Hupa Indian from California. So we both shared a great concern at the time!
And on to the scene came this group with some recording success and an "in your face" attitude about their purported heritage - and we loved them for it! :)
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