Dances with Wolves.

[Jimm GoodTracks]

Bob:
It's been a while, but if I recall, Wes Studi was speaking in his own
Cherokee language, not Pawnee.  I dont recall hearing any Pawnee spoken at
all from the "Pawnees" in the Dances movie.  It's quite a long time now
since I've heard any Pawnee spoken in any movie.  Perhaps Doug Parks would
have some idea of various movies which include Pari speaking lines.
Jimm

----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Rankin" <rankin at ku.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: Dances with Wolves.


> I see that the PAX network is running this movie
> tonight at 8pm eastern, 7 central.  Don't know
> about mountain or pacific.
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> For those of us wasicun's who don't get a chance
> to hear much spoken Lakota, I think most of the
> "elders" in the movie who have large speaking
> parts seem to be pretty fluent.  I'm told that the
> bit players were mostly Cree, since it was filmed
> in Canada, and they had to learn their Lakota
> lines like Kevin Costner.  I don't think anyone
> has ever figured out what the "Pawnee" speakers in
> the movie were actually speaking.
>
> Bob
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