Adam Beach is a real, live Native/Aboriginal/First Nations guy
Thank you, Bean.
Navajo generally have distinctively Navajo family names. Yazzie would be one of these. [pointless digression]Among the most common of these are Begay and Benally, which mean, as I understand it, something like "his son" or "his father" and were bestowed upon them in a sort of reverse Ellis Island flurry of name assignment by the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) or someone like that during some sort of census like thang (please forgive my waffling here, the details are hazy in my mind) When the People (Diné) were pressed for more than just a personal name they would point (with their lips, a gesture not immediately recognized by Anglos) and say, "his son" or "his father".[/pointless digression]
I realise* that this distinctive name thang is not universal among Native Americans. I also realize that Hollywood has not, in the past, been stellar in its policy of choosing from appropriate ethnic groups in casting of some roles.
*See what bad habits hanging out with all these Brits has polluted me with? Will I ever be forgiven?
