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...just mentioned earlier, Ira Hayes has been portrayed on film several times: first by Lee Marvin in an NBC television special in 1960 and then by Tony Curtis in The Outsider. Why do you think it took Hollywood so long to cast an Indian in the role...
Fame has a peculiar way of reducing an individual to a couple of arbitrary acts. Ira Hayes, the Pima Indian and World War II Marine, was given his slot in the historical record for two things: he helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima and died an alcoholic - both of which were widely chronicled in the media and in a song by Johnny Cash. This past fall, the complete story of Hayes's life was laid bare in Clint Eastwood's epic film Flags of Our Fathers, coming out on DVD. Cast as Hayes was Adam Beach, whose stirring portrayal...
...course! People think they have the right to use that term with an Indian person. I don't get upset because I know they don't know any better. It's how people acknowledge Indians. Hollywood has portrayed such a negative image of who we are as people up on screen. They don't realize that there is a culture. There's another part of us that exists...
...have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told. For me, the role was really about preparing emotionally. I just sunk myself deep into the horrors of war. I walked around thinking about it every day. So many of the soldiers were so young. A lot of them were 15 and 16. After a couple of weeks of focusing on that that, you find...
...very best accommodation is found in the 180-room Al Husn-the most luxurious hotel not just on the site but in the sultanate. Lavish details are everywhere: gold leaf on the lobby ceiling, hand-tufted Indian carpets and works from some of Oman's most eminent artists. In guest rooms, taps are gold plated and pillows are filled with goose down. Should the $728-a-night rack rate prove a deterrent, choose from the four-star Al Bandar or the mid-range Al Waha. With its casual restaurants and toddler pools, the latter is aimed at young families...