but I can guarandamntee you most people of any color would see it here in NM. You're right, but he's one of many totally astounding stories of people who have crawled out of semi starvation on the reservations to beat white folks at their own game.

Even "Code Talkers," a good film about a truly amazing story out of WWII, was considered a niche film and largely ignored by the burbs.

I would love to see these stories told. I would love to see more stories that didn't involve explosions and car chases and shootemups told. However, "action movies" where people communicate mostly in grunts are what sell.

So we're going to have to wait, I guess.

although I do see a few "small" films being made here and there. Mostly I cruise YouTube for foreign fare.

Is that true?

rather than let them be captured. Since a lot of deep friendships sprang up when they were out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the Japanese, this was problematic.

It's still a fascinating story. I've been privileged to meet some of the old Code Talkers. There are few of them left now.

but the Ogallala Lakota uncle of my friend was in the program as well. It seems they used more than one tribal language to confuse the Japanese.

but if they weren't code talkers, they had no idea what was being discussed.

and the Code Talkers were usually young guys in their late teens, the body guards older and more indoctrinated.

Sad.