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A Few Thoughts from Aunt Doris: Cowboys and Indians

By Aunt Doris

This is another post in an occasional series from my dear Aunt Doris, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 94.

Doris

Aunt Doris

When I was a kid in England I loved to play Cowboys & Indians. (Yes, we played that too.) I always wanted to be the Indian.

Well, I grew up, went through World War II and the Battle of Britain, married a GI, and came to the land of cowboys and Indians.

Years later my daughter-in-law, Chris, casually mentioned she was part Cherokee. Now I have two grandsons who are part “Indian.” Imagine my joy!

To this day I love watching Indian movies. My favorites are: Dances with Wolves; Last of the Mohicans (both of them); and Last of the Dogmen (I love that one!).

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched them over the years, but it’s a lot.

And although it’s not my favorite, I like Avatar too, which sort of has a cowboy & Indians theme.

Hey, I see Avatar is on HBO again tonight. Yea!

Love,

Aunt Doris

***

(This article was originally posted on January 24th, 2012)

7 Comments June 28, 2019

Comments

  1. 1

    DC says

    How about Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway? I haven’t watched that one in years (okay, decades) so I’m not sure how it’s held up over time.

    Reply
  2. 2

    Jambalaya says

    What about “Jeremiah Johnson”? Great movie.

    Reply
  3. 3

    Dr Dean says

    I love Chief Dan George in Outlaw Josey Wales, lots of funny lines.

    Reply
  4. 4

    Spedie says

    Avatar is my favorite movie of all time.

    I am right there, with you, Aunt Doris.

    Spedie

    Reply
  5. 5

    Doable Finance says

    Wasn’t Chief Dan George also in the movie Little Big Man. A great actor and funny.

    Shane and magnificent seven are my favorites and Chato’s Land.

    Reply
  6. 6

    RD Blakeslee says

    Recordings of well-done old movies and TV series are practically the only thing we watch on our TV anymore. The latest is Downton Abbey, a product of Aunt Doris’ home country.

    We used to subscribe to satellite TV for Tuner Classic movies, but grew sick of subsidizing the rotten stuff in some of the other channels in the mandatory “package”, so we cancelled the “service”.

    Reply
  7. 7

    Mik says

    My favorite is fake Pocahontas Warren…she speaks with forked tongue and buys votes with taxpayers money ???

    Reply

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