Meet Eric Schweig: Clip from COMING HOME (Wanna Icipus Kupi)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • Eric Schweig is a Canadian-born Inuit actor, who may be best known for his work in the 1992 film, The Last of The Mohicans. He was born Ray Dean Thrasher, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Of mixed descent: Inuit, German, Portuguese, and Senegalese, Schweig and all six of his siblings were taken from their mother as children and taken into the Canadian foster system, part of the 60s Scoop. He and his siblings were separated and adopted by different families, and Eric himself was adopted by an English-speaking, German-French family.
    Eric plays Little Bird Series' role of Asin, the grandfather, and generously shared his story with us for #ComingHome - #WannaIcipusKupi, premiering June 30th on Crave and APTN lumi.
    For the past 17 years, Eric has dedicated himself as a frontline street outreach worker, working with unhoused people and people suffering from addiction. “Little Bird is my story. I was adopted and taken at birth,” said Schweig.
    “I met my uncle, Willy Thrasher-I saw him on the streets of skid row in Vancouver. My last name was Thrasher, but that’s all I knew. I said, ‘Do you know Margaret Thrasher?’ he said, ‘That’s my sister,’ and I said, ‘That’s my mom.’ I asked where my mom was, and he said, ‘She’s dying in a hospital in Edmonton.” Before Schweig could make it to his mother, she died. His own experience has made playing the role of Asin, the grandfather, significant to him.

Комментарии • 34

  • @AnnsTinyLife
    @AnnsTinyLife Год назад +22

    He still looks great!

  • @shelbymcdaniel6868
    @shelbymcdaniel6868 Год назад +23

    Amazing man. Sad what happened to his family.

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 8 месяцев назад +13

    Love and respect Eric.

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 7 месяцев назад +9

    Eric has great wisdom.

  • @showmickchandramitra6966
    @showmickchandramitra6966 Год назад +19

    I m from India, according to me this man is the most good looking in the entire human history

    • @cbear1537
      @cbear1537 3 месяца назад +1

      He was wonderful in Last of the Mohicans.

    • @victordemarco01
      @victordemarco01 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, I have to agree. His bone structure is insane. I was absolutely in love with him all through my teens after seeing Last of the Mohicans. He was beautiful.

    • @bugpal
      @bugpal 2 месяца назад +1

      You count.

    • @kellypitts7032
      @kellypitts7032 2 месяца назад

      ​@@victordemarco01No one is as beautiful as he is in that movie.

  • @herself50
    @herself50 Год назад +20

    Thank you for these. words.. so many of our People need to hear this.

  • @florianapometti4980
    @florianapometti4980 Год назад +12

    Eric ha dimostrato una grande forza e coraggio❤

  • @user-oh1tq5cm8l
    @user-oh1tq5cm8l 5 месяцев назад +4

    I love eric schweig so much. What a wonderful man

  • @bugpal
    @bugpal 2 месяца назад +3

    He was so good in "Big Eden". That's what brought me here.

  • @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr
    @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr 5 месяцев назад +7

    ❤I love my brother ❤yes he is sooo Handsome ,❤BEAUTIFUL face!❤

  • @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr
    @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr Месяц назад

    💔My heart is broken for all the pain you went through 💔Is over ! 🇺🇸♥️you have a WONDERFUL spirit,and you are sooo BEAUTIFUL!🇺🇸♥️

  • @jflatty5389
    @jflatty5389 28 дней назад

    this is one smart individual- i just saw him in the missing and realized he was in last of the mohicans- the makeup in the missing totally threw me off- crazy upbringing story glad to see he made a name for himself

  • @annunziatacastro2877
    @annunziatacastro2877 Год назад +10

    Ti " amo" Uncas! Anche adesso!

  • @alichtenwalter
    @alichtenwalter Год назад +9

    This is very emotional. Thanks for the time you told your story
    Everyone has emotional baggage. I we do need to think of ourself. Time can heal if we open ourself to b it.

  • @angelasoucy3268
    @angelasoucy3268 Год назад +8

    I think it would be a powerful thing to tell his life story and what it's like for him today. Pretty sure he couldn't do that living in Canada though...

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 7 месяцев назад +3

    God bless you Eric.

  • @carloseduardooliveira5366
    @carloseduardooliveira5366 2 месяца назад +1

    aqui no Brasil tbm gostamos de assistir seus filmes tudo de bom

  • @biancakaye2721
    @biancakaye2721 4 месяца назад +2

    Big huh to you. You are strong and renewed.

  • @user-gk5uv3lv5n
    @user-gk5uv3lv5n 4 месяца назад +1

    Эрик, дорогой, самый красивый индеец на Земле!!! Влюбленаив тебя со времен фильма Последний из могикан!!! Я твоя ровесница.

  • @reneemariehighsmith5463
    @reneemariehighsmith5463 3 месяца назад +3

    ❤️❤️❤️🌹👏

  • @MadamoftheCatHouse
    @MadamoftheCatHouse 8 месяцев назад +4

    I was a stricken deer that left the herd.
    With many an arrow deep infix't
    My panting side was charged, then I withdrew
    To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
    There was I found by the one who had himself
    Been hurt by th'archers, in his side he bore
    And in his hands and feet the cruel scars.
    With gentle force soliciting the darts
    He drew them forth and healed and bade me live.
    William Cowper, Stricken Deer.

  • @charlottedoring4566
    @charlottedoring4566 3 месяца назад +1

    Der Film über Little Bird hat mich sehr berührt. Und ich habe eine solche Wut bekommen!!!
    Dieses Leid, diese himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit muss mehr in das Bewusstsein der amerikanischen Bevölkerung. Das Land gehört den Indianern, den First Nations.
    Ich bete für all die gebrochenen Seelen!
    Ich würde sehr gerne mehr Filme über die First Nations von First Nations zu sehen.
    Sprechen Sie Deutsch, Herr Schweig!?

  • @secondleadsyndrome8219
    @secondleadsyndrome8219 Год назад +4

  • @jf6077
    @jf6077 3 месяца назад +1

    Did i hear him correctly? He is a mixture of Inuit, german, portugese and senegalese?

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 7 месяцев назад +2

    Your inner child suffers.

  • @user-dw4tc7np3n
    @user-dw4tc7np3n 21 день назад

    why my ancestors call me so hard?

  • @yotinpimohktiw7766
    @yotinpimohktiw7766 Год назад +4

    Tansi wakomakan? Yotin pimohkitiw napew oti. Instotin Nihiyaw kiya? Kakiyaw takiy Nihiyaw-kiskinwahamakiw. Askiy mikwan kakikiy. Tanti kiya ochi? Wapsewsipi niya ochi. Manado niya. Miyo kisikaw wakomakanak.
    How are you my relation? Windwalker here. Do you understand Cree? Everyone should learn Cree. Earth is the REDMAN’S home forever. Where are you from? I am from Swan River, east of the Rocky Mountains. I feel balanced. Have a good day all my relations. 😊

  • @mariethiers6915
    @mariethiers6915 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this! 🔥🪶
    Mitakuye Oyasin

  • @bibianaferrari2921
    @bibianaferrari2921 8 месяцев назад +1

  • @user-kq3ho8xi6d
    @user-kq3ho8xi6d 11 месяцев назад +1