Smoke.Signals.1998.PROPER.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG.engHi Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:32,597 --> 00:00:35,643 [Randy] Good morning. This is Randy Peone on KREZ Radio, 2 00:00:35,687 --> 00:00:38,515 the voice of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, 3 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,824 and it's time for the morning traffic report on this rainy bicentennial Fourth of July. 4 00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:45,174 Let's go out to Lester Fallsapart in the KREZ traffic van, 5 00:00:45,219 --> 00:00:47,350 broken down at the Crossroads. 6 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,398 Big truck just went by. 7 00:00:52,878 --> 00:00:55,619 Now it's gone. 8 00:00:55,664 --> 00:00:58,622 [Randy] Well, there you go, folks. Looks like another busy morning. 9 00:00:58,667 --> 00:01:01,756 And I just g***t a news bulletin that says Matty and John Builds-the-Fire... 10 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,889 are hosting a Fourth of July party at their house. 11 00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:07,153 And remember, it's B.Y.O.F.: 12 00:01:07,197 --> 00:01:09,546 "Bring your own fireworks." 13 00:01:14,944 --> 00:01:18,251 [Man Narrating] On the Fourth of July, 1976, 14 00:01:18,295 --> 00:01:22,342 my mother and father celebrated white people's independence... 15 00:01:22,386 --> 00:01:24,518 by holding the largest house party... 16 00:01:24,562 --> 00:01:26,998 in Coeur d'Alene tribal history. 17 00:01:27,043 --> 00:01:30,698 I mean, every Indian in the world was there. 18 00:01:30,742 --> 00:01:33,004 And then at 3:00 in the mornin', 19 00:01:33,049 --> 00:01:35,572 after everyone had passed out or fallen asleep... 20 00:01:35,617 --> 00:01:38,097 on couches, on chairs, 21 00:01:38,141 --> 00:01:41,100 on beds, on the floor, 22 00:01:41,144 --> 00:01:43,058 a fire rose up like 23 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:46,061 General George Armstrong Custer, 24 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,890 and swallowed up my mother and father. 25 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:52,894 I don't remember that fire. 26 00:01:52,938 --> 00:01:55,592 I only have the stories. 27 00:01:55,637 --> 00:02:00,293 And in every one of those stories, I could fly. 28 00:02:00,337 --> 00:02:03,296 [Indian Voices Chanting] 29 00:02:21,663 --> 00:02:25,796 I was just a baby when Arnold Joseph saved me from that fire... 30 00:02:25,841 --> 00:02:29,670 and delivered me into the hands of my grandmother. 31 00:02:29,714 --> 00:02:32,716 Arnold! What happened? 32 00:02:32,761 --> 00:02:34,718 What happened? 33 00:02:34,763 --> 00:02:37,112 [Baby Crying] 34 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:43,336 [Crying Continues] 35 00:02:46,905 --> 00:02:49,603 [Screaming] 36 00:02:49,647 --> 00:02:53,259 [Screaming, Crying Continue] 37 00:02:56,350 --> 00:02:59,526 And Victor Joseph was just a baby too, 38 00:02:59,570 --> 00:03:03,225 when his father saved me from that fire. 39 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:07,055 You know, there are some children who aren't really children at all. 40 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:10,885 They're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. 41 00:03:10,929 --> 00:03:14,584 And there are some children who are just pillars of ash... 42 00:03:14,629 --> 00:03:17,587 that fall apart if you touch 'em. 43 00:03:17,632 --> 00:03:19,241 Me and Victor, 44 00:03:19,286 --> 00:03:24,028 we were children born of flame and ash. 45 00:03:24,073 --> 00:03:26,466 [Baby Crying] 46 00:03:29,121 --> 00:03:31,210 Arlene, 47 00:03:32,386 --> 00:03:37,216 your son's name is Victor, and I-- 48 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,089 Yes, it is. 49 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:45,180 -[Baby Fussing] -It's a good name. 50 00:03:46,704 --> 00:03:49,837 It means he's gonna win, 51 00:03:49,881 --> 00:03:51,882 ain't it? 52 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:55,103 I don't know. 53 00:03:59,717 --> 00:04:02,458 You saved my grandson's life. 54 00:04:03,852 --> 00:04:06,549 Well, it was nothin'. I... 55 00:04:06,594 --> 00:04:09,160 I didn't even think about it. I just-- 56 00:04:09,205 --> 00:04:12,338 You saved Thomas. 57 00:04:12,382 --> 00:04:14,514 You did a good thing. 58 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,126 I didn't mean to. 59 00:04:20,695 --> 00:04:22,739 [Thomas Narrating] After that fire, 60 00:04:22,784 --> 00:04:26,613 Arnold Joseph mourned by cuttin' his hair, 61 00:04:26,657 --> 00:04:29,659 and he never grew it long again. 62 00:04:29,704 --> 00:04:33,184 For years after that he threatened to vanish. 63 00:04:33,229 --> 00:04:36,100 He practiced vanishing. 64 00:04:36,145 --> 00:04:39,756 Until one day, he jumped into his yellow pickup... 65 00:04:39,801 --> 00:04:41,889 and did vanish. 66 00:04:44,196 --> 00:04:46,850 [Randy] Good morning. This is Randy Peone on KREZ Radio. 67 00:04:46,895 --> 00:04:51,812 That's K-R-E-Z Radio, the voice of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. 68 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:55,337 And Coeur d'Alene people, our reservation is beautiful this morning. 69 00:04:55,382 --> 00:04:57,339 It's a good day to be indigenous. 70 00:04:57,384 --> 00:04:59,515 It's 45 degrees in the sun, 71 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,779 it's 8:00 a.m., Indian time, in 1998, 72 00:05:02,824 --> 00:05:05,739 and it's time for the morning traffic report. 73 00:05:05,783 --> 00:05:08,785 For that let's go to Lester Fallsapart at the KREZ traffic van, 74 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:12,354 broken down at the Crossroads since 1972. 75 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:15,401 So Lester, how's traffic out there this fine morning? 76 00:05:15,445 --> 00:05:18,142 A couple of cars went by earlier. 77 00:05:18,187 --> 00:05:21,885 You know old Mrs. Joe? She was speeding. 78 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:25,933 And, uh, Kimmy and James, uh, 79 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:28,675 they went by in a yellow car and they were arguin'. 80 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:36,117 -Ain't no traffic really. -[Randy] There you go, folks. 81 00:05:36,161 --> 00:05:39,033 Looks like nobody's getting to work on time this morning. 82 00:05:39,077 --> 00:05:41,166 As for you school kids, you'd better hurry up and eat those Wheaties, 83 00:05:41,166 --> 00:05:43,733 because the first bell rang 15 minutes ago. 84 00:05:43,778 --> 00:05:48,216 ♪♪♪ [Radio: Indistinct Music] 85 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:49,826 Hey, Victor! 86 00:05:49,871 --> 00:05:52,873 [Man] Come on. 87 00:05:52,917 --> 00:05:55,266 Come on. 88 00:05:55,311 --> 00:05:58,705 -You ain't g***t it! Three-point range! -Yo! 89 00:05:58,749 --> 00:06:01,534 [Men Panting] 90 00:06:01,578 --> 00:06:04,058 [Man] Game point, cuz! 91 00:06:04,102 --> 00:06:05,581 Bring it on, Victor. Bring it on. 92 00:06:05,626 --> 00:06:08,149 [Grunting] 93 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:09,542 Foul! 94 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:13,154 I said, foul. 95 00:06:13,198 --> 00:06:16,592 -It's foul. -Bullshit. 96 00:06:16,637 --> 00:06:18,420 I was nowhere near you. 97 00:06:20,989 --> 00:06:23,077 If I say it's a foul, it's a foul. 98 00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:30,998 Hey, Thomas. Give us some help, huh? 99 00:06:35,525 --> 00:06:38,092 Nice suit, Thomas. [Laughs] 100 00:06:38,136 --> 00:06:40,007 [Man] Sheesh. 101 00:06:41,705 --> 00:06:43,402 Victor! 102 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,714 Hey, Victor, what do you know about fire? 103 00:06:52,934 --> 00:06:56,545 -Thomas, I don't know what you're talking about. -No, really, Victor. 104 00:06:56,590 --> 00:06:59,156 I mean, did you know things burn in colors? 105 00:06:59,201 --> 00:07:01,463 I mean, sodium burns yellow... 106 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:03,726 and carbon burns orange, just like that. 107 00:07:04,728 --> 00:07:08,383 Hey, Victor, heard your dad's living in Phoenix, Arizona, now. 108 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:12,822 Man, he's lived everywhere since he left you, huh? 109 00:07:12,867 --> 00:07:15,085 Is that so, Thomas? 110 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:17,653 You know, I was wondering, Thomas. 111 00:07:17,698 --> 00:07:20,177 What color do you think your mom and dad were when they burned up? 112 00:07:25,053 --> 00:07:27,446 You know, your dad ain't comin' back. 113 00:07:27,490 --> 00:07:29,622 -Yes, he is. -No. 114 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:33,582 He's gone. When Indians go away, they don't come back. 115 00:07:33,627 --> 00:07:37,238 Last of the Mohicans, last of Winnebago, last of-- 116 00:07:37,282 --> 00:07:39,893 Hey, shut up, Thomas, or I'll beat you up again. 117 00:07:39,937 --> 00:07:42,025 [Ball Bouncing] 118 00:07:42,070 --> 00:07:44,027 [Victor] ♪ Oh, I took the ball to the hoop ♪ 119 00:07:44,072 --> 00:07:46,465 ♪ And what did I see 120 00:07:46,509 --> 00:07:48,380 -♪ Oh, I took the ball to the hoop ♪ -[Other Men Join In] 121 00:07:48,380 --> 00:07:50,469 ♪ And what did I see 122 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:55,169 ♪ General George Armstrong Custer was a-guardin' me ♪ 123 00:07:55,213 --> 00:07:57,650 ♪ A-guardin' me ♪♪ 124 00:07:57,694 --> 00:07:59,956 [Laughing] 125 00:08:00,001 --> 00:08:03,786 Hey, Victor, who do you think is the greatest basketball player ever? 126 00:08:03,831 --> 00:08:05,919 That's easy: Geronimo. 127 00:08:05,963 --> 00:08:09,052 Geronimo? He couldn't play basketball, man. 128 00:08:09,097 --> 00:08:14,057 He was Apache, man. Those suckers are about three feet tall. 129 00:08:14,102 --> 00:08:17,278 It's Geronimo, man. He was lean, mean and bloody. 130 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:18,933 He would've dunked on your flat Indian a***s and cut it off. 131 00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:21,891 Yeah, some days it's a good day to die. 132 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:24,720 Some days, it's a good day to play basketball. 133 00:08:24,765 --> 00:08:27,288...