Cheyenne Arapaho Film Director

Chris Eyre

“Feature film director Chris Eyre has been giving a voice to contemporary Native American people ever since his 1998 indie(Indian) hit Smoke Signals.”

(Mother Jones Podcast,2009)

Chris Eyre

Directs films, documentaries and TV shows with accurate portrayals of Native Americans

Age 43 in 2011

Born in Portland, Oregon

Raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon

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“I'd like to make movies that are about Indians here and now, Indians living in the 21st century, and show that they are as complex as any other people... and it has nothing to do with spirituality or oppression. It's just about people being people. That's really what I'm seeking” (Eyre, 2002).

Family Daughter: ShahiyelaShahiyela’s mom: Lori

Pourier

Adoptive parents: Barbara and Earl (Caucasian)

Reconnects with his biological mother, Rose, at age 18

Traditional Cheyenne and Arapaho People in Regalia

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College President Dr. Henrietta Mann

Chiefs of the Cheyenne and Arapaho TribesRed Earth Princess Carrie Kay-Kay Whitlow

Cheyenne and Arapaho are two distinct tribes

Because of the creation of Indian Reservations, many tribes were force to exist with another tribe

Cheyenne Traditional Homeland

Near the Great Lakes in what is now Minnesota and Great Plains

Cheyenne remain a powerful tribe

Arapaho Traditional Homeland

Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, Eastern Colorado, and Western

South Dakota

Graduate Education

1995, Master of Fine Arts, Graduate Film Program

New York University Best short film award for Tenacity, 1995

Undergraduate Education

1989: Associate of Applied ScienceDegree: Television Production MajorMt. Hood Community College (Learned multi-camera television)

1991, Bachelor's Degree, Media ArtsUniversity of Arizona(created non-sync 16mm films)

Career Achievements

• Directs Major films• Co-produces TV series • Makes music video• Creates documentaries for PBS

On the Set Chris Eyre

Major Film Productions

A Thousand Roads (2005) Movie

A Thief of Time (2004)TV Movie

Edge of America (2003)TV Movie

Things We Do(1998)Music Video

Skinwalkers (2002)TV Movie

Skins (2002)Movie

Smoke Signals (1998)Movie

A Thousand Roads (2005) Movie

A Thief of Time (2004) TV Movie

Edge of America (2003) TV Movie

Skinwalkers (2002) TV Movie

Skins (2002) Movie

Things We Do (1998) Music Video

Smoke Signals (1998) Movie

Smoke Signals (1999) Awards

15 nominationsWon 9 awardsBest filmBest actorNewcomer of the yearBest Debut Performance

All Native American Cast and Crew

Skins (2002) AwardsWins 2 awards

Best ActorTheatrical Feature FilmNominated for Best Male LeadNominated Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film

Skinwalkers (2002)

Adapted from the Novel “Skinwalkers” by Tony Hillerman

TV SeriesThe American Experience (TV series documentary)

We Shall Remain: Part 1-5 (2009)

Freedom Riders (TV series) (2009)

Law and Order: SVU (TV series) Smut (2008)

Friday Night Lights (TV Series) Keeping up Appearances (2008)

We Shall Remain (2009) TV Series

Freedom Riders (2009) TV Series

Law and Order: SVU (2009) TV

Friday Night Lights (2008) TV

Eyre works with PBS to create a five part educational series on Native American Indian history during colonization (2009).

“I think in the series what you find is that nothing is simple and nothing is black or white… you can’t always be sure the choices you would have made at the time and the series really sheds light on that” (Eyre, 2009).

Chris Eyre comments about the “We Shall Remain” series.

Publisher, Chris Neumer comments on Skins and Smoke Signals:

“My reaction to both films was, I’m not sure if I’m being naïve or I’m being super enlightened, but when I watched this movie, I just saw people”(2002).

Current ProductionsNative Century: TV series that tells the stories about

Native Americans after Wound Knee MassacreA Year in Mooring: Movie about successful

businessman who suffers tragedy

Chris Eyre Today

• Cheyenne and Arapaho success at Age 43• Currently lives in Rapid City, South Dakota• Directs films & documentaries

Question For Chris Eyre

What would you like to tell Native American Youth?

Matt Cram

• Biographer • Currently attending

University of Wisconsin-Platteville

• Social Science Major/with History Emphasis

• I like to play sports and anything outdoors

Special Thanks • Thanks to those people who helped me on

this project• Thanks to the sources that I used on this

project• Thanks to Chris Eyre, couldn’t do this project

without him• Thanks to Kevin Locke for the Music used in

this project• Special thanks to Garnet Wind, Julie Philips,

and Colleen Garrity

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Chris Eyre biography TMC. (2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=514832&apid=0

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