it take to coerce you to be there? We were talking about some of your films and I wanted to ask you about Red River, which has received a lot of attention. ES: If I'm not working, yep! They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. I love jamming. Yeah, I love playing blues. We have feasts around here and they eat first. I don't think he plays but he'd like to Where's Marion? Interviewing is something we hadn't done It would never have happened! I guess we swayed public opinion since then but I haven't heard of it. He runs Many Hawks Special Operations Camp in Columbus, Georgia where he Yeah, she was younger and a little more easier going so you could rap with her about more things than with Madeleine Stowe. And they wanted us to have shaved heads. Was the fort built for the film? ES: Oh, probably Tom & Huck. You know what? 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. it's not that big a deal whether they're historically correct or not because they never can be. Do you enjoy the stage? I'll never forget his annoying voice. MOHICANS What we'd like to start with is for you to paint a picture of who you feel you are for us. PATHFINDING || ES: Or even Vern. If they take VERY good care of them you know. Suddenly, surprisingly, Alice gives a look to her sister and jumps off after him. A third manolder, earringed and wearing an indigo shirtappears to be after the two younger men, who pause to scope the object of their pursuit. out but don't stay out too late. Deidre phoned me up and told me . it's a contemporary thing where I play a sheriff. LINKS I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. As award-winning actor Eric Schweig led a column of mourners yesterday to a sunburned patch of grass at Vancouver's Grandview Park (the place where a man called Curtis Brick spent his dying moments) the drama seemed like a movie scene.. S chweig has, in fact, appeared in similar scenes on screen many times.. A carver and actor born in Nunavut, Schweig's credits track like a highlight reel of . Not just a regular 20th century guy? Well, it's one of the biggest small towns. Does he know that the six nations are of the Iroquois, and the Mohawks are one of the six? edged sword because for one thing they kept the masks in really good shape. He's a hard worker. It was like puppy love basically, this love scene they cut out. MUSINGS || ES: First of all, sober as a judge. Rick, I think. 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. There's not enough of us. seen any film maker come up with. MP: How about firing a musket. MP: Do you remember what scene you were filming? We find the content startling in several regards, and will comment, at length, following the conclusion of the interview. She was pretty nice, Jodhi's mom. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. get here?" I'm busy!". How would you compare the role to others you've played? there. He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. Gangster rap's fine for the individual who doesn't want to pick up a gun and . 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. They would have liked to have seen that scene kept in or at least the relationship more developed, alongside Hawkeye and Cora's. 1997 - 2020 by These kids are our future and they're gonna end up going to bat for us when we're sitting around at 80 years old on the front porch. I. MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. EARLY We realize that there are many more questions we could have asked Eric Schweig. They haven't solved it. It was really hard to get that damn ball. Enjoy! And I'm a damn hand with a harmonica! Some people actually got hurt. I: Do you think European women would have been able to stand such a life style? They just. a lot of it was really dark but it was incredible. MENUS! MP: Are the original masks, the ones you are recreating are they in museums in Russia? In fact, he stayed at that, not a chateau What's the name of that ES: Oh yeah, Lake James. All the sets all the scenes a thousand extras at any given time running all over the place. The people at the music store said. when I said "Well, we're almost done here. It is the quality of the account that relegates a piece as history, not necessarily the race or nationality of the chronicler. And their dogs too. They were the stars so they acted accordingly. ES: Yeah, absolutely. He exhibits a fine sense of humor. Nothing like that . I keep trying to get people to get into acting so we have someone who can focus on just being a funny guy or a bad guy or a psycho or a love interest. ES: No. E: I would go on and on about the things that were wrong in the movie. I'd go in there and buy 50 CDs at a time. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. You know.. just in town here, right beside the baseball field.. and this is a small town, there's about 10,000 people. right beside the ball field, this young girl, about a year and Powwow Trail (2001- ) Episode: White Man's Indian Eric Schweig is a Canadian born Inuit actor, who is best renowned for his work in the 1992 film, The Last of the Mohicans in which he stars as Chingachgook's son, Uncas. you think, but I didn't see any women there well, a few, but there were GUYS everywhere, but no women. E: Well, they are using real Indians now. ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. Running 5 to 8 miles a day. So, anything contemporary, it doesn't matter. They made me dive from one canoe to another. understanding of who Eric is. MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? 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 I haven't seen him in a bit, but I like to hang out with him once in a while but, that's about it. That's what I love about it. 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. It's become a horrible reality. . Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. I don't think. Did you ever get a feeling of really being in that We're working on it. You know, bad things happened to me and I left home. and I did bad things. MP: So, on the set then, he would just do a scene and then go off by himself? The Indian guys were okay. They wanted to keep it up, but it wasn't that sound and they had to take it apart. In COLOR! MP: So, I get the impression you didn't like Red River much. infringement! He said it's kind of a double There was eleven thousand gallons coming through a pump into the pool and then it's sucked back through to create the waterfall. MP: Yeah, it was a good scene. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. Over near Lake James. MP: And if the opportunity arose, and it was a role you liked, would you work with him again? ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. Okay, I just want to backtrack just a little bit. MP: I know you've had experience framing houses. They take their sense of history and their wisdom And he'd do that with everything. You know, what goes around comes around. It was probably him. The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. It could have been developed more. COLLECTIBLES || Gorgeous Men. Apparently they're shooting in Washington State. Would it be accurate to say you're attracted to the arts in general? Do you see yourself as having an empathy with these kids, since you've walked in their shoes? Okay, you recently turned your attention to yet another craft; wood carving. We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. [Laughter] We just stood there with those guys. 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. I spent thousands of dollars at the Asheville Mall. rights, or land claims, or any of that, you have to start healing yourself. When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. Then laughter] You know, E: I don't mix with other actors. E: Pretty good, thank you! I love. shells, especially the quiet ones the really, really inward teenagers. Just a cop. good idea to have one of your masks displayed in the vicinity. Was she on the set all the time? MP: Yeah, Chimney Rock. 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? You know Wes Studi's got his own film company and he's doing . [Wardancer Film Group] You've given a positive image of a Native American. MP: Okay. MP: It seems sort of a bad time for a love scene anyway at that stage of the filming. So, should we start a letter writing campaign? effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. They were doing illegal tampering with time cards, skimming hours off time cards and the make-up artists went on strike. Available - Free Downloads Only! You seem to be down on period pieces because they cast Indians in loin cloths and stuff like that. MP: Is that the movie with a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers hidden out in the mountains somewhere in modern times? ES: Yes, I have You know who that was? Was it meant to be like that? So, you have the tradition to work with. but are you interjecting your own mood? Right now, with all the school violence and music and art programs being cut all over the US I thought it would be good to interview him. You've said previously that you've worked with wood since you were "knee-high" and that it was something that came naturally to you. ES: Yeah, but I understand the reason why. MP: There was a strong feeling of familial bond between your character, Uncas, your older step-brother Hawkeye, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, and your father Chingachgook, played by Russell Means. Did you find that different from other film experiences? They both have the same kind of drive so it was pretty funny. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? E: I'll stay in movies until I can get enough money to buy a ranch in Montana, live the life of a hermit get 10 or 15 dogs sounds good, doesn't it? Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? Perhaps we are wrong. Most of that was because there were so many people in there all the time. And if he could magnify that with a damned megaphone, he was happy as hell. ES: There's one. 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 . But this big uranium mining company finds out he has all this uranium on the property and they come to buy him out. They scratched the money together and made T-shirts. Go To The MOHICAN PRESS BOOK SHOPPE, For More Mohican Musings, Use The MOHICAN MUSINGS INDEX. HISTORY || He seems like a good guy. [2] He was just all work, then go home. [More laughter]. It's all hard to fathom it goes against our grain. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright ES: Yeah, they taught us how to pack the wadding and the powder and the ball and all that kind of stuff. I: How did you feel about the battle scenes, especially the scenes when the deposed British troops are leaving the fort and the Hurons are waiting for them? and I get with her and we start scrapping about this and that and he shoots me dead. But, you don't see you know what you don't see? MP: Then they'll be there for future generations? Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is the associate editor and senior correspondent at Indian Country Today who enjoys creating media, technology, comics, and movies. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. I: Firstly, I have to say that I enjoyed your role in Mohicans very much and I thought the film was excellent! One of our problems is finding a voice and speaking up, speaking out really loud too, if you want to. It's jacked up obviously for television so the story is more interesting. ES: I guess I'll have to. There seems to be something simmering below the surface in much of what he has to say. We had a really deep love scene in the cave and they cut that out completely. Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. And try to teach them to watch out for the warning signs. ES: Yeah, absolutely. I: Have you seen the whole film unedited? There are a couple of words we just couldn't make out, indicated by a [??] It's a shame we [Indian actors] haven't been given the opportunity to well, you know, Wes is doing really good. We actually talked them out of that! That's not to say we weren't But we took care of them! So, after putting it off and saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". at the time I was running around a lot and too busy to You know .. especially the people that buy them. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I Yeah, you know, I am a good guy. Is that something you had experience with before? MP: As you know, our web site centers on The Last of the Mohicans. I am a resource assistant for youth, I work in the street. I don't know what Russell's up to. MP: Though we feel The Last of the Mohicans is your best film, certainly the most popular MP: I sense a certain dissatisfaction within you regarding that film. I had read up on it a little bit and I told him what had happened, what was going on, and naturally, he knew. 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. That and the part where Alice jumps from the cliff are some of the finest in the film! Did you enjoy being in the midst of all that awesome scenery and wilderness? Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. MP: Well, I'll tell you what, if you said you'd consider it I think they'd say "anything"! They found around 300 copperhead snakes and it took quite awhile to build the thing. Because it took so long to shoot, six months to shoot that and so many things went on. MP: Okay.. again, regarding art.. a strong quality of any artist's work is the individuality of their creations. It's absurd. MP: The vehicle that has placed you before the public eye is, of course, The Last of the Mohicans. Year by year. 30 below weather. We have them back and now we can take care of them. Because they really need a sense of belonging and that sort of gives He was in good humor throughout. I would. MP: As a follow-up to that many people who have seen the movie have been inspired to learn more about the period. Available - Free Downloads Only! Or WE start making films of our own, which a lot of us has. So, what they would like to know is what would That, though, can go on endlessly. 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. Perhaps much is taken out of context. We got along with him. People are treating kids like animals. Things usually turn out if you do it that way. They reminded me of me. I: Some of the scenes, especially in the canoes - was that really you guys? All kids want to do now is rap, which is great and I understand when you turn 15 or 16 you want to express yourself. on our Book Store page. retrospect, how do you feel about the quality of that film? The following interview - apparently from late 1992 - appeared in the pages of Trail Dust magazine. ES: No, I haven't actually. So, by the time As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. COLLECTIBLES || My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. Could you do me a favor? GATHERINGS || 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. I lived in Toronto, which is right next to the Six Nations reserve. MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. But they didn't want to shave his hair, so they gave into us. I: Where there any significant problems with the movie? I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. So what if the film was not shot in the MUSINGS || Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? [Laughter] "Hold on! But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. ES: Basically, yeah. And it has a real Teile diese Show mit deinen Freunden. MP: When you watch the movie it seems as though you guys had bonded. Okay . You were born in Inuvik? So, by the time of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. SOUNDTRACK || the historic events, but also of the people, particularly the northeastern woodland Indians? He was into powder rifles and stuff like that. Okay, you're a carver, an actor, a musician, and a drama coach. 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. And, you know, it's the All I expect from anybodyand this is what I like about Blackstoneis that people on the show can do their job. SCRIPT || Besides that, North Carolina is Your character, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook. there seemed a sense of family. were there. So, no, not to me. ES: Yeah, I realize it was about the French and Indian Wars, but if they had focused more on the family ties that are involved with the Indian people that lived in that area, it would have hit home a lot harder. Because, since that is their national sport, the Mohawks, and it has been for hundreds of years, they should've focused on that and made a REALLY big deal out of it. But people still, especially kids who have this .. it changes the way they see things. But you know, it's expected. I now work with homeless people in Winnipeg, Manitobawe feed them and clothe them. Yeah, ask any actor and they will tell you one of the most fun things to do is to make a departure from yourself and play a villain. ES: I got along with Russell. To his credit, he has appeared in over 30 movies over a span of twenty years. COURIER || Could you tell him Eric said "hello"? Was there a challenge or was it a likeable role for you? Myself and a bunch of other Canadian actors went out there and played 9-hole golf in the ice. You know what? SOUNDTRACK || Glad we did! EARLY Each mask represented various animals and they contained a lot I: I believe you are half-German and half-Inuit and you are involved with the Canadian Alliance and the Solidarity for Native People? Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! It's a DAMN sight better than movies they had in the 50s. MP: Any plans of showcasing them, or giving them their day in the sun? Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? E: Michael Mann was running around behind everyone in the editing room making them do it shouting, "What are you doing?". 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. And I love to be around the sets, learning things. Basic description does not do this moment justice. The girls would have been scared of everything! MOHICANS You know, that's the impression people have. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS. You know. psychopaths running around. impact, and it's art imitating life and vice versa. Like the kiss between Hawkeye and Cora? He was just a guy. But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. ES: Yeah. with us. 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. E: Something like that. He can do a lot of stuff with his looks. Eric Schweig The Missing Interview. I was homeless when I was a kid. In an interview with ICTMN, Schweig discussed life experiences that have helped him to play his role in Blackstone, his belief in giving back to the community, and how he has obtained such success in his career. We won't have a leg to stand on COURIER || They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it I don't mind period pieces as long as it's something positive and not negative. 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 Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. I've never told anyone I am a Marlon Brando or whoever. MUSINGS || An anger at the people who made the film and some of those who were cast in it. And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. It starts with the individual person. If you don't love what you're doing then don't do it. Available - Free Downloads Only! I: Well, I was thinking more along the lines of your [??] Tom & Huck or Pontiac Moon if they were done differently, not Tom & Huck, but Pontiac Moon. ], MP: [Laughing!] The Indians were ambushed by Russians. Zusammenfassung: An interview with the director of the series. ES: Let me think about that. Our intent is not to criticize or alienate, rather to wonder why? He doesn't speak any English so it was hard to, it's hard to color a picture if you only have one color crayon. Really.. if it were possible, we could work out something.. maybe we could do something to "showcase" the kids in your drama group. It's scheduled for June in North Carolina. I don't know what he does now, but he was when we were on the set. If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. Besides that, he's a pretty private person. Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. MP: Well, having been here already, would you ever want to revisit western North Carolina, the scene of the crime? MP: Uncas. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. 10 followers . Made for the talented actor and artist that is Eric Schweig. what makes it fun to watch. Faye Marie. Can you turn it into a greater good by reaching out to those kids? ES: You know what? ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? ES: Well .. it was more or less just business to me because nothing's ever historically correct. Not Chimney Rock was that Chimney Rock? E: No, I haven't. He was ALWAYS doing that. you've got Scots running around half naked and even in a period piece about Indians, just take The Last of the Mohicans for example .. You've got European born actors recreating roles from over 200 years ago. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. In COLOR! We're heading out." They had a pool and a waterfall. So what was it like to work with Michael Mann? ES: Oh You know, I can't remember. You know, if you get beaten down for so long and then you Not necessarily on a compassionate level because I wouldn't describe Andy Fraser as a compassionate character. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. A speech was given by actor-adoptee Eric Schweig on February 19, 1999 at the Vancouver Inner City Foster Care Conference. These kids were so awesome, they just blew me away. What was originally scripted for that scene was pretty graphic. There are no subscriptions or costs. But Russell Means (Chingachgook) said, "NO, I'm an Indian. For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. Available - Free Downloads Only! Before that I had no idea what they were doing up there. Just HUGE games. 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