#derek hinkey

AMERICAN PRIMEVAL (2025)

and i will yap about american primeval because i'm still OBSESSED with the series, and also i'm a huge nerd for the native american history

did y'all know that derek hinkey, the man who portrayed red feather, is a descendant of the native americans this happened to? like, if you don't know yet (but i also don't wanna spoil), american primeval focuses on events surrounding the mountain meadows massacre. basically back in 1857 this baker-fancher party was just trying to get to california, and they ended up camping in this place called mountain meadows in utah. they were minding their own business, but the mormons there were already a lil nervous cus they thought the us government was coming for them (the whole utah war thing). and like the mormons lowkey ambushed the party. mormons were insane and i think we need to remember about it.

anyway, the role of the native americans, especially the paiutes, in the mountain meadows massacre is super important cus initially the mormon militia tried to pin the whole thing on the paiutes. but over time it became clear that while some paiutes were involved, they were influenced by the mormons aka used as the scapegoat. once again, the mormons were insane and we need to remember about it. the natives were in quite a pickle i'd say, manipulated by the mormons and then blamed for something that wasn't their doing. it's an example of how indigenous people were often exploited and misrepresented in history.

and derek hinkey, american primeval's red feather, is a direct descendant of the war chief numaga of the paiute tribe. while numaga didn't take part in the mountain meadows massacre, i think he's a very cool historical figure worth mentioning. he played a big part in the pyramid lake war. despite being big on peace and all that, his breaking point was when two paiute women were kidnapped and sexually assaulted by white men. the paiute warriors saved their women, dealt with the white men, and destroyed the williams station. highkey badass.

oh and i found this information that numaga once lied face down for three days to symbolize the suffering his people were bound to endure. don't know if this is true though.

when you're at your lowest and help comes in the form of your former hs-bully-turned-ally.

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Ep 7: T'áá Álts'íísígo (Just a Small Piece) What a detail: Chee drives out to the canyon but brought a horse trailer to allow him to be able to get deeper into the canyon, faster than on foot.  He catches up to the hooded figure, has him, tells him to put his hands up and while he was switching from the rifle to the handgun - not sure why he thought the person would listen. 

Why does Manuelito think Ivan did something to ruin the film?  Both hubby and I are confused, is it something we missed? Or is it just because he was in charge of the camera?  I feel bad for her, sleeping with the enemy although he does care for her, not wanting her to be harmed, but he's stuck; even threatened with Budge and he's a man with no remorse.

Agent Washington seems to have a personal stake in the Vines case, perhaps it's just a way for her to prove herself to the FBI instead of being exiled.  Plus, no one cares that Vines is dead (yes yes, I realize that Leaphorn leaving the guy to die is murder, but he was a bad guy 😆)  Emma stands by Leaphorn though, holding up the alibi, but she leaves him - understandable that she needs space.  Using that time to come to terms with what Leaphorn did and her role in the cover up.

Yep it's coming back to the dig site; Dr Reynolds wanting to throw away the arrow head was suspicious.  So he created the arrowhead himself to fit the narrative he wanted to tell; when the kids found out he killed Ernesto.  I would not have sent Teddi Isaacs off alone, that seemed wrong.

Man, I knew Garza couldn't be trusted... and while Manuelito is surrounding by people on the take, at least Ivan cares about her.

Be concious and react 😂 - amfmstudios

Intense character transformations - Screen Rant Plus

Perspective, broken bones & schadenfreude - Jake's Takes

Compliments and conditions - Collider Interviews

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