Smoke Signals (1998): "It's the United States." / "That's as foreign as it gets!"

Smoke Signals (1998).

[@danuabitdelulu]

As an indigenous person, I can confirm that we are exactly like this

[@forgeconway1388]

Me and my family all love coke so possibly

[@hybrid5568]

And alot of us do say ENIT alot hehe. ENIT danu? Hehe

[@leighannstumblingbear2380]

Damn straight. I had friends just like Lucy & velma. When I was a kid I had such a crush on a boy. His family moved back to the Rez. He looked like Thomas. Eeey!✊

[@the3rdkind216]

As an Indian I know this well eh

[@hugofarias9150]

Im a bolivian-brazilian with native decendence, c'mon, first at all we are people, we are human beings, just like John Trudell have sayed.

[@Shamnez7367]

“All the hippies were tryna be indians anyway”😭💀

[@melaniecravens7240]

The car going backwards is priceless

[@jonmacdonald5345]

It's a Rez car!

[@wwefuture01]

Why was the car going backwards?

[@dylanhenry2010]

@@wwefuture01 it was just stuck in reverse

[@silvernez-perry8793]

@@wwefuture01 that’s the only gear that works!

[@umartra7452]

My brother in law did this in California but his car could go forward! He's not indigenous either, to this day I'm not sure why he did that.

[@melaniecravens7240]

I could listen to him tell stories forever. His part is so cute

[@MsKathleenb]

'Pleaded down to Being an Indian in the 21st century.' Love this movie so much!

[@a.printup8811]

Fine example of the oral tradition!

[@stone1488]

Watched this movie today in class and ngl it was such a good movie

[@ailisfaleiro3963]

Cool! What class was that?

[@matthewkincanon9674]

Got to meet Evan Adams (Thomas) once. He's super down to earth and kind. Just a remarkable individual. I've heard Elaine Miles (the woman driving the car) is very friendly too.

[@AZperson25]

The radio broadcasts in this movie are everything

[@TheRedcat14]

1:30 her little face and then returning to driving; like she nailed this character 😂

[@shannono8397]

Such a good movie, haven't seen it in years. So many good lines~

[@SailaSobriquet]

The world needs more folks like Thomas Builds-the-Fire in it. I know MY life certainly does. Dr. Evan Adams did such a fine job with that character.

[@mjmartinejohn]

"Plea bargained that down to being an Indian in the 20th century." What a line!

[@tmmaston]

Fun fact: Both Irene Bedard and Michelle St. John are the voices of Pocahontas and Nakoma.

[@whosthat7967]

That's awesome

[@zoecavill8166]

This comment just made this scene so much better

[@briarrose7584]

And Adam Beach played Squanto for Disney.

[@ynwben576]

I should get a car that drives backwards😂😂

[@kevinistoxic1179]

Just put the gear in reverse and voila

[@kendra9002]

I love Lucy and Velma sm. They're such aunties.

[@clebert6655]

This whole clip is hilarious.

[@tmmaston]

1:16 Here you go, Lucy Goosy. Have a Coke, eh?

[@alexanderaguirre5566]

I love this movie

[@FabledHeroes3351]

I need to find this damn movie

[@discovery56]

Me too 😂

[@Guitcad1]

OMG! I have to watch this movie again!

[@ProphetessLalla-RookhSky]

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[@tmmaston]

Velma and Lucy remind me of 2 Latina girls, even though they are both Native American.

[@doody244]

That makes sense. There are different ethnic groups that have interchangeable personalities. A lot of people say Jews and Italians are very similar in some ways. I have a close friend who is a pizza bagel ( half and half). Her mother did convert to Judaism but she still spends Christmas, Easter, etc with her big Italian family. You know who else is a pizza bagel... Fran Drescher aka The Nanny.

[@yadirarivera2387]

Well Latina girls are indigenous they are just more colonized with European etc. So technically Latina girls remind you of Native girls.

[@delwynmarcoux1523]

@@yadirarivera2387 Right!? The comment really illustrates how much latinx culture has been mentally separated from native culture but is still really the same. Cause yknow, its the same. more similar to plains natives than west coast natives are.

[@Mayito_Tamps]

Thomas Should Of Been A Marvel Writer 🤣

[@mauricewahtomy3289]

Thats right ennit? Fuck gimme a coke

[@RIZEorDIE]

Rez dogs prequel

[@peachgarden5549]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nikkihall8844]

Lucy (Elaine Miles) who was driving the car played the wife of Graham Greene’s character from The Last of Us.

[@deforestcarterMVA]

That’s right ennit…. Said every native ever lol

[@wildmike85]

The look he gives him at 3:08 hahaha.

[@goteem9118]

In the beginning where the radio host says some ones name from "desmet" not spelled like that, but that is a real place. My family is from there. The REZ.

[@melaniecravens7240]

I want me a Thomas. Sweet

[@melaniecravens7240]

He told the tale well he's a doll

[@Xxyyxx-gc9kq]

We are him and him is us

[@raph3156]

Best movie ever 💖🙌💎

[@bigbootyhoochy]

"hope you two got your vaccinations"

[@Darmacappraisals]

O the irony

[@drprunejuice9654]

This is like my tribe

[@rukeyser]

Saw film when it came out - car & driver were the indelible message I took away.

[@ericanguamea5714]

Love this scene

[@briarrose7584]

I love the fact that Pocahontas, Nakoma, and Squanto are all in the same movie together!

[@skccho2943]

I read the book in high school and loved it. So much better than other crap we had to read like joy luck club

[@olvinyldude]

This Movie is Priceless ... I had a car like that in early 70's ... Now, with the new Commander in Thief, we ALL will have one... Enjoy!

[@ProphetessLalla-RookhSky]

🕊️🔥🌹🔥🕊️

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

It's like The Net when the master hacker says "In real life" when seeing IRL on the screen.

[@mickibelcourt7539]

best movie ever

[@AmbitousStylez]

Lol they plea bargained that down to being a native in the 21st century

[@SG-MT]

"Indian time". 😉👍

[@EmmaGoldmanlovesyou]

Velma is like the Indigenous version of Pauly Shore

[@2fiftez578]

2022: Hope you two got your vaccinations.

[@Darmacappraisals]

O the irony

[@tmmaston]

1:16 Here you go, Lucy Gucy! Have a Coke, eh?

[@ttscatter6891]

Hey victor heard your dad left

[@tmmaston]

Anyone know the song that was playing on Lucy's car radio that Velma said she loved?

[@xuwennn]

road buddy by dar williams, hope this helps!!

[@tmmaston]

​​@@xuwennnhank you! It did help. I knew it sounded like Road Buddy but it's been forever since I've seen this movie.

[@chiefchepa187]

Damn you gotta love to be Indian

[@ihopethispops]

They look like my cousins lol

[@linkdavid]

Got Stoic?

[@apolinarhowell7783]

Aho

[@terrenceharris-hughes4436]

Why does she only drive backwards

[@xavierkaibetoney9735]

her transmission is blown to s***

[@chamboyette853]

Love the last part. One thing that pisses me off is how history books underplay the fact that the westward expansion issue was a huge reason for the revolutionary war. The British wanted to respect the boundaries at the Appalachian mountains and the Americans wanted to go west and drive the natives off of their lands. Had the British won the natives would have clearly been better off, like in Canada. People get so moralistic about the Confederate flag saying it was for slavery, but I would wager that the average soldier fighting the British thought much more about westward expansion than the average confederate (who was usually to poor to have slaves) about slavery.

[@elliewuzzup7689]

Good point!

[@chamboyette853]

@@elliewuzzup7689 Thanks. Wish many SJWs against the Confederate flag would recognize this. If they want to condemn it they can go ahead, but at least to be consistent in their judgment of the American flag.

[@Rzo139]

"...better off, like in Canada." So, the many missing and dead Indigenous women are "better off"?

[@distanctive4768]

@@Rzo139 shitty and horrible but better than how it is for natives in the states. Saying that as a Native American who lives in Canada. But even tho it’s better, doesn’t mean it’s great, or that it devalues the lost indigenous women.

[@nocturnemoonxx2457]

Ick not even