Home›Sources›Hearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012SourcesHearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Hearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/hearne-smoke-signals-native-cinema-rising-2012.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/hearne-smoke-signals-native-cinema-rising-2012Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-hearne-smoke-signals-native-cinema-risin, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Hearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/hearne-smoke-signals-native-cinema-rising-2012}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA full length academic monograph devoted entirely to this one film, part of the University of Nebraska Press's Indigenous Films series and built partly on the author's own interviews with Sherman Alexie and Chris Eyre. Its strength is sustained scholarly depth from a film studies specialist reading the work as a form of Indigenous activism. Its limit is that it is a single scholar's critical reading, not a survey of reception among Coeur d'Alene, Spokane or wider Native audiences, which none of this file's three sources independently supplies.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Joanna Hearne's full length monograph on Smoke Signals, University of Nebraska Press's Indigenous Films series, the top tier reflecting sustained scholarly depth from a film studies specialist, built partly on the author's own interviews with Sherman Alexie and Chris Eyre, reading the work as a form of Indigenous activism. It is a single scholar's critical reading, not a survey of reception among Coeur d'Alene, Spokane or wider Native audiences.NotesWell-attestedISBN 978-0-8032-1927-4. Bibliographic detail confirmed against Project MUSE and De Gruyter Brill listings of the book. Hearne argues the film is a form of Indigenous activism, using mainstream popular culture forms, road movie structure, buddy comedy, flashback, to displace the old Hollywood tropes of the vanishing Indian and the silent, stoic Indian with specific, interior characters.CitationAuthorWell-attestedJoanna HearnePublisherWell-attestedUniversity of Nebraska Press, Indigenous Films seriesPublication YearWell-attested2012Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Screen Works, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested10ArticlesA Story Told From Inside the Reservation, Not About ItScreen WorksSmoke Signals (1998 Film)SourcesHearne, Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising (book), University of Nebraska Press, 2012Holds1Screen WorksSmoke Signals (1998 Film)General References2ArticlesA Story Told From Inside the Reservation, Not About ItScreen WorksSmoke Signals (1998 Film)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year