Sharyn Steele Produces Independent Film, Lumpy
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Vol. XXVI, Issue 20 Ca Ma\ Hina\go` wira | Deer Pawing Moon October 26, 2012 CultureCulCuC turtut ees studiesstudiesieese at JustinJustint LongLoL ngg onn HeaHeartlandrtlt anda ToTToururr chacharterharteteerrs sschoolchoolo SwearingSwewweariara ngg inn off ComCommissionersmism sios nerneeers PagPaPageee3 3 PagPaPagea ee5 5 PagPaPageee7 7 Sharyn Steele produces Independent fi lm, Lumpy Marlon WhiteEagle each year. Steele is the fi rst brought on other producers Staff Writer native to graduate from the after securing distributors. Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member, program. Steele continued, “I fl ew to Sharyn Steele has followed Steele met Ted Koland, Minneapolis on Valentine’s her passion in producing the writer and director of Day 2011 to start pre- independent fi lm, Lumpy. Lumpy Lumpy, at a mutual friend’s production and stayed is the fi rst fi lm she has produced. party in Los Angeles. through production. I was Steele is a graduate of University Steele said, “I read the involved in casting. It was of Southern California’s Peter Stark script and it’s a real page a total of two and a half Producers Program. She is the turner. For me, it’s about months.” daughter of Elaine Whiterabbit- good storytelling. Lumpy Lumpy has been Etherington and the granddaughter is a story of redemption completed and had its of Mitchell Whiterabbit. and gathering pieces. It World Premiered at the Steele remembers going to watch became my passion project.” Hamptons International Film movies with her mom as a child. Koland appreciates Steele’s Festival on October 5 & 6, She said, “My mom’s great love passion for producing as 2012. It was featured in the of movies inspired me. I went to Lumpy is his directorial World Cinema Narrative Dartmouth College and double debut. He said, “Sharyn category. Lumpy had its majored in English and Film. My is a great independent Midwest Premiere at the grandfather, Mitchell, told me to producer. She was with Twin Cities Film Festival major in English. Dartmouth had the production all the way on October 20, closing so many interesting fi lm classes. I through. She also served as out the festival. Koland began taking more and more fi lm a link to other producers.” said, “The crowd was a bit classes.” Steele was the fi rst producer older than I expected at the After taking a year off from signed on to Lumpy and Hamptons. People who school, Steele moved to Los Angeles to go to graduate school at USC. The Peter Stark Producers Program is a two year graduate program which accepts twenty-fi ve students Sharyn Steele: Sharyn Steele producer of inde- pendent fi lm, Lumpy saw the movie came out Ramsey escape her unsafe crying. Not because it was home life and pursue her a bad movie, but because educational/life dreams. the issues confronted in it. Koland answered They came up to me and questions on why the fi lm Standard Mail Paid Postage U.S. 203 No. Permit WI Eau Claire, shared their thoughts. It’s is was titled Lumpy. He said, so gratifying to move people “Everyone has a friend like (with this fi lm).” Lumpy and he activates Lumpy stars Justin every relationship as the Long and Jess Weixler movie progresses.” Koland as newlyweds Scott and was born and raised in Ted Koland, Justin Long, and Addison Timlin on Kristin, whose best man, Continued on Page 8 the red carpet at the Twin Cities Film Festival, the Lumpy, played by Tyler Lumpy Midwest Premiere. Labine, dies after the INSIDE SCOOP... wedding reception. The couple fi nds themselves Letters Page 2 returning to Minneapolis News Page 3 to plan a funeral instead of Culture Page 4-5 going on their honeymoon. Political Page 6-7 They have a journey to let News Page 8 the friends and associates of Prevention Page 9 Lumpy know of his death. Health Page 10-11 As they meet different ones, Events/Legal Page 12 they learn of Lumpy’s most Notices Page 13-14 private friendship with Event Page 15 Ramsey Anderson, played Political Ad Page 16 by Addison Timlin. Ramsey Want something special is a fi fteen year old girl from placed in the Hocak Worak? HOCAK WORAK NEWSPAPER BOX 667 P.O. WI 54615 BLACK RIVER FALLS, northern Minnesota who met Limited space is available so HOCAK WORAK NEWSPAPER Lumpy while he was on an send your request in early. TEL: (800) 472-3089 FAX: (715) 284-7852 Jae Whiterabbit, Joanne Whiterabbit, Kathy Whit- Please notify the Newspaper of erabbit, and Heidi Tucker on the red carpet at the ice fi shing trip. Lumpy’s Submissions will be handled on any address changes or corrections Twin Cities Film Festival. dying wishes were to help a fi rst come fi rst serve basis. PAGE 2 LETTERS Ca Ma\ Hina\go` wira 26, 2012 From the Editor The Lone Ranger, then and now I remember watching The I guess I was convinced he that meant and I really don’t This role of Tonto will always been an interest of Lone Ranger on TV back was a skin. Jay Silverheels, remember their answer. They surely reawaken feelings mine. I guess until recently when I was a kid. At the time, a Canadian Mohawk, was probably said “go to bed, you about a character that has there weren’t many movies I wasn’t sure if I liked it or his stage name. (He was got school tomorrow.” drawn much criticism over the with real Indians in them. not. I think back then I was born Harold J. Smith) That Many years later I found out years as being a Hollywood Sure, there were movies with just thankful we had a TV and sounded real to me, but back that Tonto in Spanish means creation guilty of spreading so-called Indians, but you could watch whatever was on. then Dennis the Menace dumb. That was insulting and stereotypes. could see those junky black I did like other shows for sure sounded real too. demeaning and goes to show So, the new and improved wigs and brown shoe-polished but that show was different I remember how he talked how much thought Hollywood Lone Ranger is coming out faces across the screen, but to me. I guess the biggest and that was comical to me put into the making of this next year and Johnny Depp an honest to goodness Indian difference was that there because I had never heard any show. will play the part of Tonto. playing an Indian was hard to was an Indian that starred in Indians talk like that. I was To many Native Americans I will probably go see it come by. it. Maybe there were other surrounded by Indians and no this latest version of The Lone because I like watching In this day and age where Indians on TV at the time but one ever talked in that Pidgin Ranger may be just another movies and I like Johnny remakes in Hollywood are I don’t remember if there was, English. I guess in Hollywood unjust look at Native peoples Depp’s work. the thing, I’m not sure if this oh sure, there were the John at the time the Indians out and how Hollywood has Another reason I want to remake will make the grade. Wayne “shootem up and kill there must have spoke like always seemed to see us. But see this new version of The If it does you will surely see the savages” programs but that. California style 50’s to some it is another chance Lone Ranger is because I The Lone Ranger 2 or even I don’t think many of those Indians. to see a kind of a Native guy like the fi lm’s director Gore 3. Maybe next time they will guys were real Indians. And when he called The playing another kind of a Verbinski, whose movie even have Indians playing Anyway, Tonto looked like Lone Ranger “kemosabe” Native guy. To me it’s just credits include the Pirates of Indians…Hi-yo Silver… the real deal and after his that was funny too. I must another chance to spend way the Caribbean trilogy. away! name fi nally stuck in my head have asked my parents what too much money on popcorn. Indians in movies has Release date is July 3, 2013. Woman sentenced to federal prison for loan fraud and bribery Submitted by U.S. company do business with the vigorous investigation and by the Federal Bureau of of Interior, Bureau of Indian Attorney’s Offi ce, Western Ho-Chunk Nation. prosecution of corruption in Investigation and IRS- Affairs, Offi ce of Inspector District of Wisconsin Co-defendants Whiteagle tribal governments.” Criminal Investigation, General. The prosecutions John W. Vaudreuil, and Pettibone were separately The charges against with assistance from have been handled by United States Attorney convicted. Pettibone pleaded Atherton, Whiteagle, the Ho-Chunk Nation; Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of guilty to a bribery offense Pettibone, and Johnson Wisconsin Department of Stephen P. Sinnott and Laura Wisconsin, announced that based on his receipt of the resulted from a joint Administration, Division of Przybylinski Finn Deborah Atherton, 55, Black Firebird, along with money investigation conducted Gaming; and U.S. Department River Falls, Wisconsin, was and other valuables, and sentenced today by Chief was sentenced to fi ve years U.S. District Judge William in federal prison on July M. Conley to four years and 11, 2012. Whiteagle was HO-CHUNK NATION two months in federal prison convicted of bribery charges, for her role in a loan fraud tax offenses, and obstruction scheme and a separate bribery following a jury trial in scheme involving contracts federal court in Madison.