An attorney by profession, licensed in three states and dozens of Tribal forums over the years. My legal practice has been dominated by the representation of Tribes, Tribal Office Holders, Tribal Courts and their personnel, and individual Tribal Members and their businesses.
Recently I have been devoting an ever increasing portion of my time to screenplay writing. In the more remote past I have won the Southwest Writer’s Screenplay Competition with a television episode submission; and twice selected a semi-finalist for the Sundance Institute Screenwriter’s Lab. More recently, my feature screenplays have been recognized by:
2018 Black Hands, Red Lands Quarter-Finalist Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Paradise Taken Quarter-Finalist Creative World Awards
Walks the Buffalo Quarter-Finalist Creative World Awards
2019 Walks the Buffalo Selected New York City International Screenplay Awards
Silver Remi WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
Semi-Finalist Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Black Hands in Red Lands Bronze Remi WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
2020 Where Buffalo Roam First Place Bigfork Independent Film Festival
Walks the Buffalo Finalist Iowa Motion Picture Association
Walks the Buffalo Finalist Beverly Hills Film Festival
Yellowstone Gold Remi WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
Montana For Christmas Gold Remi WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
Where Buffalo Roam Semi-Finalist Emerging Screen writers,
(25 page short script) Shoot Your Short
Walks the Buffalo Finalist Las Vegas International Film and Screen Writing Festival
I carry a strong passion for telling Native American stories, both historic and contemporary. There is so much unknown to the general public. Worse, there are too many false impressions, stereotypes and misunderstandings in need of correction.