Fighting Indians (2021)
117 min
On May 16th, 2019, the State of Maine made history by passing LD 944 An Act to Ban Native American Mascots in All Public Schools, the first legislation of its kind in the country. For Maine's tribal nations, the landmark legislation marked an end to a decades long struggle to educate the public of the harms of Native American mascotry. Fighting Indians chronicles the last and most contentious holdout in that struggle, the homogeneously white Skowhegan High School, known for decades as "The Home of the Indians". This is the story of a small New England community forced to reckon with its identity, its sordid history, and future relationship with its indigenous neighbors. It is a story of a small town divided against the backdrop of a nation divided where the "mascot debate" exposes centuries old abuses while asking if reconciliation is possible.
- Release date
- September 11, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dawn Neptune Adams as Self - Activist
- Dawn Neptune Adams as Filmmaker
- Dawn Neptune Adams as Penobscot
- Jeffery P. Beck as Self - Author of The American Indian Integration of Baseball
- Al Carroll as Self - Historian
- Barry Dana as Self - Former Chief Penobscot Nation
- Maulian Dana as Self - Penobscot Nation Ambassador
- James E. Francis as Self - Director of Cultural & Historic Preservation Penobscot Nation
- Zachary Heiden as Self - Chief Council ACLU Maine
- Dave McKenna as Self - Sports Journalist
- John Bear Mitchell as Self - Historian
- John Bear Mitchell as Penobscot Nation
- Jesse Steinfeldt as Self - Sports Psychologist
Crew
- Derek Ellis · Director
- Mark G. Cooley · Writer
- Derek Ellis · Writer
- Ryan Griffis · Writer
- Mark G. Cooley · Producer
- Stephen Balgooyen · Composer
- Mark G. Cooley · Composer
- Mark G. Cooley · Cinematographer
- Derek Ellis · Cinematographer
- Ryan Griffis · Cinematographer
- John Harlow · Cinematographer
- Mark G. Cooley · Editor
- Ryan Griffis · Editor