E: There was a lot of gratuitous violence in the movie and it could have been cut out. What else? There were guys from all over the place. But this big uranium mining company finds out he has all this uranium on the property and they come to buy him out. films. We come from two different distinct worlds. get here?" Could you do me a favor? Running 5 to 8 miles a day. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. E: Yes, with the Indians. I: Yes, I guess that's a little difficult to survive. Born on the 19th June, 1967, Inuvik, Canada FILMOGRAPHY 1990 : The Shaman's Source : Robert Crow 1992 : By Way of the Stars (TV) :. Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. MP: As far as roles go; is there any particular type of film you would like.. or any particular character you would want to play? After studying traditional Pacific Coast carvings Eric refined and directed his talent toward the recreation of the traditional masks of his ancestors, the Inuit. It's sad whenever kids have an abusive childhood. I don't think he plays but he'd like to I had read up on it a little bit and I told him what had happened, what was going on, and naturally, he knew. It was a really good script and a good concept. It was stupid not to! Over near Lake James. ES: Yeah. MP: That's true. Teile diese Show mit deinen Freunden. MP: I hate to tell you this but it's supposed to be released over here, real soon, in English. Could you tell him Eric said "hello"? on our Book Store page. One of the six and French, so that they could talk amongst themselves. We got along with him. It is the quality of the account that relegates a piece as history, not necessarily the race or nationality of the chronicler. It could have been developed more. I didn't see a hell of a lot of women in that movie. Early life [ edit] Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. ES: Yeah. I believe you have been growing it for eight years? ES: There's about 14 or 15 kids in it and we get together.. actually, I'm waiting for some plays to come in to a local bookstore here. We go down to the gym and I just. my girlfriend and I, we look around for different monologues and scenes for to see that kind of ugliness but it's the truth. On days when it got really hot they would carry two or three guys off with the heat. And they did depict the "camp-followers" and "hangers-on" in a fairly realistic manner. This is "Eric Schweig Demo 2016" by Eric Schweig on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. You know, bad things happened to me and I left home. and I did bad things. I know ES: Yeah, as opposed to a few years ago, it's reasonably quiet, yeah. ES: Yeah, they couldn't have two different love stories going on at once. MP: The photo of the mask you described. on the cover of the book, is that 18th century or 19th century? But, take yourself. PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW MP: Okay, well.. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus are you still pursuing your acting career? MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? I like walking with my gun and my dogs in the woods near here. ignorance. So, the more contemporary films we can do and be allowed to be a part of society and society's subconscious, then the better it will be. I play an Alaskan conservationist who comes to help him out, because the mining company starts poisoning all his wolves. [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. Now, it is possible that there was more to the interview than that which made it to print. ES: I like playing bad guys. Anyway, Vern picked it up one day and said "Hey, this is wild, man. Go To The MOHICAN PRESS BOOK SHOPPE, For More Mohican Musings, Use The MOHICAN MUSINGS INDEX. In the past, a hundred years ago, we would watch our toddlers, and what they had predisposition for doing. Should you instead be seen simply as an individual who has chosen acting as a profession? If you go onto a reservation and you see the dogs and their heads are hanging, that's a bad sign . you know, people don't care about them. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. You should do a mask. E: Very, very hot and sticky and it rained a lot. I was adopted at six months of age. It's cool, everything's cool. well, it's getting better, MOHICANS It was kind of disappointing because it fit right in. place? You seem to be down on period pieces because they cast Indians in loin cloths and stuff like that. Please Note: This interview is the property of Mohican Press. It will be cool because it will be the first time I'll be on a set and.. abstaining. And, I play a lot of guitar. And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. Yeah, she was younger and a little more easier going so you could rap with her about more things than with Madeleine Stowe. shells, especially the quiet ones the really, really inward teenagers. We realize many of you are huge Eric Schweig fans. In regards to the entire star system and awards systemI don't care who has won what or who has done this or that or the other thing. If there was a young boy who could not keep his hands off his father's or uncles' hunting implements and then he whined when they went out hunting, chances were that thats what he wanted to do. Your masks are recreations of traditional ceremonial masks of the Inuit. I'd go in there and buy 50 CDs at a time. MP: So, I get the impression you didn't like Red River much. of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. ES: You gotta put a little bit of that in there. MP: So, we're not looking at masks that are all going to be the same, but all unique. Does he? MP: Well, a lot of people feel put out! If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. People are treating kids like animals. Available - Free Downloads Only! You know .. they just did whatever they had to do. I broke the cycle by not drinking and finding out what I'm NOT. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. We have seen your work and it's beautiful. MUSINGS || He runs Many Hawks Special Operations Camp in Columbus, Georgia where he They do them and it comes right from They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. Enjoy! I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. You know .. especially the people that buy them. I encourage kids to do this now. He's a nice enough guy. An anger at how history has unfolded itself. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. We're heading out." It's a DAMN sight better than movies they had in the 50s. ES: Or even Vern. time or was it just.. you know, "I'm just doing this"? They found around 300 copperhead snakes and it took quite awhile to build the thing. There's not enough of us. Also the music by Daniel Lanois, a French-Canadian composer. So, you have the tradition to work with. but are you interjecting your own mood? You're always poor. I wouldn't the answers, and everybody does that well, basically as human beings we know the difference between right and wrong. It's pretty good. you see a lot of them come out of their Blackstone Season 2 - "Eric Schweig interviews Andrea Menard" - YouTube For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com. Born in Canada's Northwest Territories and of Inuvialuit lineage, Schweig was adopted into an abusive family as a baby and suffered under their treatment until, at age 16, he ran away to Toronto.. Should a dark Italian be cast as a blue-eyed Swede? They were in the islands? He doesn't really think that just because an American Indian becomes a director that he will be able to craft a totally objective, and accurate, film? I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? of symbolic imagery. It was really hard to get that damn ball. think I'd hesitate. ES: Yeah, that's. see, this is almost right on the money. COURIER || And, hang out with my girlfriend. ES: Oh, that took all night. (A boyish laughter interrupts the train of thought.). Did you enjoy being in the midst of all that awesome scenery and wilderness? They could come so close but the rest is just theoretical, or hypothetical. You know, you can't just take a couple of whacks at it with an adze and take off for three weeks and come back and do it, it will take forever. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS All of this helps a lot in my performance. You know what? That, perhaps, is petty stuff. He's pretty likeable. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. My mother died of alcoholism and she was homeless as well. Faye Marie. I told Vern about that. Indians.. one of the worst. ], 45's and shot guns. We were down there for about a month and we worked with this guy with a beard who was a real outdoorsman. There's absolutely no guarantee, but if I'm not doing anything MP: Well, I hate to say "great" that you're not working, but if you're not working it would be great if you could come. I would. E: No, I don't think so at all. No one wants to see this all the time. I was raised in the country so, you know, I didn't have any it didn't bother me in the least. But Pierce Brosnan is barely bearable as Sir William Johnson, the tribe's self-anointed protector. love interest. We sort of guessed at what they would I think we were there till you know, we started at like 6 or 7 in the morning on the first day. We found the one-year teacher retention rate at GDL in 2010-2011 was 79%; Green Dot Locke teachers, overall, were more highly educated than their . Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. them have had really, really rough lives. to say the least. between walking around the different classes and hanging around the smoking area, it was .. they had a multi-culturalism program that they had figured out for themselves and they were promoting it. MP: Have you remained in contact with either one? I: Well, I was thinking more along the lines of your [??] MP: That's about a hundred years or so. How would you describe him as an actor? MP: Is that the movie with a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers hidden out in the mountains somewhere in modern times? Was it meant to be like that? MP: He's been real busy.. doing quite well. And he'd do that with everything. I guess it worked out. I: Where there any significant problems with the movie? Mohawks all over the place! E: Well, they are using real Indians now. ES: Well oh man. MP: You know, in some ways though, contemporary pieces are worse because they're filled with all sorts of horrors and things that wouldn't happen in a million years. She is the New York-based writer/podcast editor for Filmoria and film contributor at The Interrobang. a half, two years ago, Jessica State . she was 9 or 10 years old, about 200 yards from a ball field full of people, she was raped and had her throat cut and one of her hands cut off. I'm not trying to be antagonistic. Is that something you had experience with before? He said it's kind of a double Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. He is corrupt and if he can't get what he wants done one way, he'll get it done another. Some of my friends are Mohawks. We were in Columbus, Georgia for about a month. ES: Oh, probably Tom & Huck. Or was it a sex scene? All they want to do is restrict native roles to native people. ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. It was probably him. But after practicing, after a MP: Then this must be a source of satisfaction for you. to work with them? different states and different coliseums .. and they're harmless! MP: I know you've had experience framing houses. I: Was it all shot outdoors or were there any indoor shots, i.e., like the cabin scene? Blackstone Season 1 - "The Ladies Want to Know" 48,230 views Nov 24, 2011 217 Dislike Share Save BlackstoneTheSeries 1.14K subscribers Eric Schweig answers questions about Last of the. It doesn't matter what kind of crooks they were! So, beyond that, .. we gotta get with it. They just. a lot of it was really dark but it was incredible. ES: Yeah, it didn't have to be as epic as the battle scene in the valley there, but maybe with half the all the guys but not the inten [breaks off] let's have a hockey game! MP: Well, what I mean is that you guys, in the movie of course, went through every possible trial and tribulation. MP: We've heard about those. A few final comments. Now you see movies like Dances With Wolves or The Last of the Mohicans and there is some attempt to show Indian people as people, so when my little girl says to me, while pointing to YOU, "That's one of the good guys", you've done They promote it. They could stand around and get suntanned. Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. But that's all right. . You see a lot of people, like I was telling Gail the other day, you see the PMRC , the Parents Music Resource Center, and Tipper Gore and her butt head husband and they're running around bands like Marilyn Manson, and they're banning them from Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is the associate editor and senior correspondent at Indian Country Today who enjoys creating media, technology, comics, and movies. At first it took us about a minute or a minute and a half when we first got a hold of them to get them ready to fire. We should be running around and, . not running around.. but we should be in, you know, suits.. like everybody else. in normal clothes. want them to live like I lived from. you know. when I was drunk for 10 years.. Because it's ugly and it's not us. Even in the 70s, or the 80s . the early 80s. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright You were cut by a Huron. MP: Supposedly.. Uncas was. HISTORY || E: Yes, to an extent! Yeah, you know, I am a good guy. the least. Hopefully, his voice will be heard on this; his "activism" emulated. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. MP: Would you describe yourself as a private person? Russell or Daniel? Eric Schweig was born in Inuvik, Canada, on 19 June 1967. They reminded me of me. And that works to create a well-rounded villain. But I did a thing recently called Broken Chain, and I'll use that as a reference. MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? Well, it's one of the biggest small towns. Put us into 1992 along with everyone else. MOVIE TITLE: The Last of the Mohicans. taken care of and respected and THAT is what makes them, keeps them wise. A film that tries to cover too much historical ground at least 40 years in too little screen time and winds up becoming a bore because of it. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. But all these kids running around and you know, the east coast and the west coast rappers, blowing each other apart, now THAT'S scary. What sort of career advice do you have for kids interested in acting? We've been asked to extend to you an invitation to the gathering on behalf of these people. The Indians were ambushed by Russians. STOREFRONT || You have to have some sort of sympathy or empathy for villains like otherwise. ES: Uhhh no.. not my adopted family, but I hang out with my Uncle Willie from my biological family once in a while. ES: Uhmm. No, it wasn't a sex scene. MP: Okay! Guide book STILL Was she just a pleasant observer or. ES: Yeah. It's so big. They were the stars so they acted accordingly. People, Indian or otherwise, are not born to hate each other. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? But when someone shouts at me, I shout back! I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? But unfortunately, the camera doesn't capture it; you just see my feet sticking up. Yeah, it's the most horrible death scene that I've ever done. I've never told anyone I am a Marlon Brando or whoever. I think if ANY Indian actor is going to use their profession, acting, as a forum it should be to advocate things like what happens to you They scratched the money together and made T-shirts. I haven't met them yet, but I'm going to sit down and try to talk to them and try to get them out of their shells somehow. Or WE start making films of our own, which a lot of us has. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I MP: A lot of people have been coming to our web site and checking out your masks. you think, but I didn't see any women there well, a few, but there were GUYS everywhere, but no women. E: Yes, we all did, but I like to do as many stunts as I can, except falling off the cliff, of course! Of course, like you were saying before, the old films from the 50s were horrible .. the Indians were the bad guys and they had to be eradicated no matter what. MP: Please correct me if I'm getting the wrong assumptions here. We love his portrayal of Uncas. Right THERE! Eric Schweig The Missing Interview - YouTube 0:00 / 2:10 Eric Schweig The Missing Interview Ogichidaawi 414 subscribers 174K views 14 years ago Eric Schweig interview from The. E: I think it was a mix. MOHICAN PRESS He was just a guy. Hollywood will flog it to death. So what if the film was not shot in the It was an alternative school for troubled teens who couldn't cope with a regular school curriculum so they booted them all out and put them all in a big building. Since his feature debut in the 1990 drama The Shamans Source, Schweig has made an impressive mark on the acting world in such productions as Squanto: A Warriors Tale, The Scarlet Letter, Ron Howards The Missing, Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story, Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis, Cashing In, Casino Jack, and the Emmy-winning Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. MP: And as opposed to what you do .. acting . doesn't that put you in the spotlight? With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST researchers conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. E: Oh, yeah. Director: David Winning | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Aleks Paunovic, Ami Dolenz 2. Cause they just kind of stuck us in this little part of the field, when in the 1700s there was a thousand guys on the damn field guys getting killed, bones being broken. Not Chimney Rock was that Chimney Rock? They could either. because they'll wind up either dead or in jail. Until Indian people can gain something of a creative role, then the cold hard facts about that, is that you need money. The following interview - apparently from late 1992 - appeared in the pages of Trail Dust magazine. an Inuit duo! STOREFRONT || It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. ES: I got along with Russell. He headed to the big screen following his Broadway performances. We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. ES: Yeah, absolutely. The Indian guys were okay. Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. private or he was. [Laughs] He was just And it's really hard, I guess it's hard, I've never been a parent, but it'd be hard to differentiate your child's freedom and their safety. Please do not reproduce it, in any form, without our permission. Col. Dave Webster runs this thing out of Columbus, them in the first place. Things like that, you know, the time of day or whatever, but .. if you mean were we planning to strike up a business or something or go skydiving, or meet each other's family .. it was nothing Was that difficult to achieve? MP: Well, you'll have to tell us about it because we've not seen it. A lot of these people are among your biggest fans, which is why many of them came to our web site in the first place. He expects the same from his cast and his crew. There is no question that the American Indians have been one of the most mistreated peoples in history, certainly on this continent. Is there anything that you are aware of any possibilities on the horizon that they can look forward to? MOHICAN PRESS It would be like a culture shock when Indians move into the city. it's not that big a deal whether they're historically correct or not because they never can be. EARLY Although I was forcibly detached from my Inuit culture I always knew I was Inuit in my heart and I knew I had a real mother somewhere. You know, that's the impression people have. unless they start writing scripts about contemporary things. SOUNDTRACK || I am an outreach worker in real life. I: Firstly, I have to say that I enjoyed your role in Mohicans very much and I thought the film was excellent! It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. MP: You're welcome. But we are running out of actors and we need new blood. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. Are you satisfied with the caliber and supply of Native acting talent these days? "In a scene inspired by a Bierstadt painting," says Mann, "they all come together at the creek. Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. Was it just a kiss? before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. We just see the rushes. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to scream or something. I: I saw the movie three times and honed in on the role of Uncas. EARLY E: I got along with everybody! There's got to be a lot of women in order for there to be a lot of guys MP: Well, in that regard, most of the film takes place where you wouldn't expect to FIND a lot of women, on the battle front. MP: We've read that you have been involved in a children's drama group. a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. He was into powder rifles and stuff like that. went to a school to speak in Denver. MP: Okay. have been because they had aged so much and the paint had flaked off. it was aged down, but we just took a shot at it and it turned out wicked. We went down to Columbus, Ga., for a month and trained in this anti-terrorist camp. I don't know what he does now, but he was when we were on the set. MP: It looks real good. I was homeless when I was a kid. That's no lie either. Does he realize that all history is written from a viewpoint? ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. There are a couple of words we just couldn't make out, indicated by a [??] I don't believe Their living conditions were bad, like one loo [bathroom] for 400 guys. That's because people listen to them. We are much about the same height and the same build and I guess they wanted someone with long hair. ES: Yeah. Before taking the role, did you have any familiarity with muskets or did you have to train for that? I: Did you have to be really physically fit? It's not a monumental, you know, a paradigm change, but it effects them. You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. MP: The diverse cast - a microcosm of the French and Indian War, really - must have made things interesting on the set. She wasn't as inward. This may be bad energy but it is energy nonetheless and that is power. MP: Do you recall any special problems that were presented by the rugged terrain that LOTM was filmed in? I: What kind of qualities do you think they were looking for, that maybe you had that other people didn't? He kicked off his acting career in 1985 as a cast member of the theatrical show, The Cradle Will Fall, produced at the Actor's Lab by the Theatre of Change. Regarding Vern The girls would have been scared of everything! COURIER || So. you know, we've got to take advantage of it and they'll have nothing left short of Last of the Dog Men which is a ludicrous concept for a film about Lots of it, and we have to control it. Most of that was because there were so many people in there all the time. No, we don't have "Red River"! The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. I'll do it. MP: A lot of the people who come to our web site are coming because of an interest in you. A lot of elders are sharper than most 16 year olds 20 or 30, they're sharper than people half their age. Usually they paved the way so we didn't have much of a problem. All three of us stood there with them. And I just like the idea of, like I said before [in a previous conversation], reaching back into time and duplicating the mask and taking them back from the people who stole And that's not the way it's supposed to be. just dump you off and you're there. He's pretty intense. What is it like working with Blackstone's all-star cast? In What am I doing working in the movies? He was somewhat reticent, probably because of the time lapse, about Available - Free Downloads Only! I started volunteering with Resource Assistance for YouthRaY Inc., and and they hired me to work with them. Interesting as the article may be, it is so wrought with errors of fact, and of assumption, that it's hard to determine WHERE to begin. MOHICAN WWW BOARD. Well, like I said, Red River has received a lot of attention in Europe and people have described it as beautiful. I: Yes, it does. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! MP: I imagine they do! [Laughter]. I was born in Inuvik NWT in 1967 and moved south to Ontario with my adoptive family in the early 70s. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. We have them back and now we can take care of them. Why they go stir crazy and they forget . and they loose their memories? Since we came upon, posted, and discussed the above interview, both here and on the WWW Board, we have had the good fortune to be able to talk with Eric Schweig directly. their heart.. and it's pretty wild to watch them do these kind of things.. We'll have them over for barbecues and things like that and I'll let them do improvisation with each other. Things usually turn out if you do it that way. Those guys running around in the wool were so uncomfortable. What did you guys feel, or you personally, when you were filming those scenes? We have feasts around here and they eat first. For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. it's burnt out. anti-anybody. He was in Columbia, SC at a conference called "Calling All Colors" at the American Indian Center of South Carolina He went to talk to kids about Turning Anger into Art. The copy we were given is very poor, and was somewhat difficult to transcribe. Probably in a little while. but, I'll get the script in MP: The problem, then, is if all an Indian actor can get cast as is something like that.. that's definitely a problem. E: Oh, that was the hardest time anyone ever had. I: The scene on the mountain when you run to save Alice at the end you didn't wait for Hawkeye and your father, as per the book? Did he really think the movie would "stink"? MP: Alice, played by Jodhi May, was obviously your love interest. E: No, I didn't. MP: OK, take all the movies you've been in if you could only be in one of them again, which one would it be? RM F6FR3M - RELEASE DATE: Aug 26, 1992. I: You mentioned earlier about your hair. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. I. ES: Actually, about three or four years ago I was sitting around the house with Vern Etzerza and, what's the name of the book? A speech was given by actor-adoptee Eric Schweig on February 19, 1999 at the Vancouver Inner City Foster Care Conference. E: I had fun, really. PATHFINDING || Anything that had to do with the fort . because it was hot in there and it was stuffy. I: Was there another person in your canoe one that wasn't scripted? Madeleine Stowe. Have you seen the movie? His filmographic credentials include a slew of TV series such as . They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it If someone wants a reference like, "How was he to work with? MUSINGS || And their dogs too. People in New Zealand are getting this program but people in Seattle can't watch it. I'm getting a script in a couple of days. I've read a couple of scripts that were on the money. I don't know. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. We don't want to attack his words. That's who you have to focus on. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! Some people actually got hurt. MP: What did you think of her being there? I'm not an Indian actor. But, you don't see you know what you don't see? He was one of the leaders of the 70-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, an incident which arose out of an AIM dispute with federal and tribal authorities.

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