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| 1973 April 21, The Daily Journal |
1973 - …..Wayne also had some words to say about Marlon Brando and his involvement with Indian affairs. “Brando and these guys are blasting me and I’m the guy who has given the Indian dignity on the screen for 40 years. Indian wars were a part of our history. I have never shown the Indians on the screen as anything but courageous and with great human dignity. What are they taking off on me for?”
THE OTHER NIGHT in Seattle, they had a premiere of another John Wayne film, “Cahill, United States Marshal.” The theater was surrounded by pickets proclaiming: “John Wayne, murderer of Indians.” Wayne said there wasn’t one Indian in the picket lines*. Other who attended the premiere made the same observation. But Duke never ran from a flight of any kind – on screen of off.
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| 1973 July 24, The Orlando Sentinel |
[*Editor’s Note: How did Wayne know there was not indigenous person in the picket line? Was he just saying this to downplay the protest, or was he saying that no one LOOKED the way he thought an “Indian” would look? Hmmm…]
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| 1973 TV |
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