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Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Dana Heinz Perry

1999 • 1h 5m

This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film follows him back to the Six Nations reservation in Ontar...

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Cast

Robbie Robertson

Robbie RobertsonSelf - Mohawk/Cayuga

Rita Coolidge

Rita CoolidgeSelf - Cherokee

John Trudell

John TrudellSelf - Santee Sioux

Benito ConchaSelf - Benito Concha (archive footage)

Sharon BurchSelf - Navaho (archive footage)

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanSelf - Sioux

Herb MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Doug MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Elaine BomberrySelf - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations

Derek Miller

Derek MillerSelf - Six Nations musician

UlaliSelves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)

Joanne ShenandoahSelf Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee

Johnny MykeSelf - Payute

Verdell PrimeauxSelf - Navaho

Carlton H. HoahwahSelf - Comanche

Crew

Dana Heinz Perry

Dana Heinz PerryDirector

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