Sherman Alexie Quote

Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo.
Thomas: But our tribe never hunted buffalo. We were fishermen.
Victor: What, you want to look like you just caught a fish? This isn't Dances with Salmon, you know!

Smoke Signals (1998)

Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo....

Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo....

Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo....

Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo....