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Morgan R. Lewis
@morganrlewis.bsky.social
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I'm an 80s kid, an Osage, a left-winger, a dog lover, a senior programmer, recently an educational assistant, an amateur baker, reader of fantasy and sci-fi, movie addict (mostly older releases), and sundry other things. I live in Eugene, Oregon. He/him.
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This is Ely S. Parker, also known as Hasanoanda and Donehogawa, member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Lt. Colonel for the Union during the U.S. Civil War, civil engineer, lawyer, and drafter of the Confederate terms of surrender. 🧵

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A photo of Ely S. Parker
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This is stand-up comic Charlie Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Charlie Hill became the first Native American to perform stand-up comedy on national television when he performed on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977. 🧵

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Comedian Charlie Hill, wearing a red shirt with white decorations, performs stand-up comedy on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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This is Notah Begay III, professional golfer. Belonging to the Navajo, San Felipe Pueblo, and Isleta Pueblo peoples, Begay is one of the few Native Americans to golf in the PGA Tour. (His namesake grandfather was a codetalker in WWII).
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Notah Begay III takes a swing in 2008
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Happy Exploding Whale Day to all who celebrate.
opb.org OPB @opb.org · 9d
On this day 55 years ago, blubber went boom at the Oregon Coast.

That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.

Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
‘It was like a blubber snowstorm’: Why Oregon blew up a whale in 1970
The exploding whale is a piece of Oregon lore that just won’t go away. It’s one of those real-life stories that just sounds too strange to be real.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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This is Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., member of the Ho-Chunk Nation & veteran of two branches of the U.S. military who died in combat in the Korean War. For his service, he was decorated with 13 medals (some posthumously), including the Medal of Honor & Purple Heart. 🧵

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A black-and-white photo of Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., wearing his Marine Corps uniform.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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These are the Five Moons, five Native American ballerinas who were all active at the same time; though they performed separately, each danced at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From left in the photo below, they are Maria & Marjorie Tallchief, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin & Yvonne Chouteau.
A photo of the Five Moons gathered together, years later, at a celebration honoring them in 1997. From left to right are Maria Tallchief, Marjorie Tallchief, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin and Yvonne Chouteau.
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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This is Deb Haaland, American politician and member of the Laguna Pueblo. Elected the same time as Sharice Davids, Haaland was one of the first two Native American women to be seated in the U.S. Congress, as representative for New Mexico's 1st district.

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Photo of Deb Haaland, standing in front of the flags of the United States and New Mexico. She is wearing a gray jacket, navy blue shirt, and a silver-and-turquoise necklace and earrings, and smiling.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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This is Stephen Graham Jones, member of the Piegan Blackfeet and author of more than 30 novels and novellas, a large assortment of short stories, and one comic book series so far. He frequently writes in the horror genre with Native American protagonists. 🧵

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A photo of author Stephen Graham Jones, leaning on his arm with his pointer finger on his forehead and two fingers curled by his lip. He is wearing a black-and-white bead necklace and a black t-shirt with a gold Wonder Woman logo on it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Most of these are from the week before; this hasn't really been a movie-watching week for me. Resident Evil is increasingly ridiculous but still kind of fun. Hellboy's aesthetic was great; a little polish on the plot could have elevated it significantly.

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Morgan R. Lewis's last four films watched on Letterboxd.com. From most recent to least, left to right, are posters for: "Resident Evil: Extinction" (rated 3 stars), "Our Gang: Bouncing Babies" (2 stars), "Hellboy: The Crooked Man" (3 1/2 stars), and "The Hands of Orlac" (1960, rated 3 stars).
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I was going to post another Native American Heritage Month profile today, but I got home so late, it would be the middle of the night for most of the U.S. by the time it got up. I feel like "burying" a profile that way would be disrespectful. So instead I'll double up on another day.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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This is musician and songwriter Robbie Robertson, member of the Mohawk Nation and Cayuga descendant. Most famous as the guitarist of rock group The Band, he had a long career as a band member, solo artist, and film music producer. 🧵

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A photo of Robbie Robertson playing guitar at the Academy of Music in 1971.
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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This is Dave Anderson. He's famous. More precisely, he's the founder of the Famous Dave's barbecue restaurant chain. A citizen of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and descendant of the Choctaw Nation, he launched the chain in 1994. 🧵

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A photo from Native Sun News of Dave Anderson, wearing a black Famous Dave's hat and blue shirt with a red apron, holding a ceramic pig statue alongside a blue ribbon saying "World's Greatest Ribs!"
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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This is Elizabeth Peratrovich, also known as Ḵaax̲gal.aat, a member of the Tlingit Nation. Born in 1911 in Alaska, her activism would play a key role in forming anti-discrimation laws in the United States. 🧵

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Photograph of Elizabeth Peratrovich
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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This is Billy Mills, also known as Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, a member of the Oglala Lakota nation. A college cross-country athlete with a degree in physical education, Mills surprised Olympics fans by upsetting the favorites to win the 10,000 meter event in 1964. 🧵

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Billy Mills, wearing his USA tank top, mere seconds after winning the gold medal in the 10,000 meter event at the 1964 Olympics.
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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This is actor Wes Studi, member of the Cherokee Nation. Perhaps the most recognized Native American actor working today, Studi made his debut in a TV movie, "The Trial of Standing Bear", and had his breakout role in 1992 as Mague in "The Last of the Mohicans". 🧵

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Actor Wes Studi
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Today is November 1, the first day of Native American Heritage Month. Each day I am going to try to highlight a famous or historically significant Native American and give a brief bio. But I'd like to say a few words on why I'm doing this first. 🧵

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November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Happy Halloween! Got somewhere between 25-30 trick-or-treaters this year, which is maybe just a bit higher than normal for this neighborhood. Even had one group of 9 kids; not sure if they all started out together or if there was just a trick-or-treat traffic jam at my house.

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November 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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I wasn't planning on buying any new Halloween deco this year, especially not this late in the season, but this guy was totally worth the $4.
A cardstock wall decoration for Halloween: a "pumpkin ghoul" with a jack-o-lantern head, orange hands, and a grey and black hooded robe.
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Can't carve this year (rat infestation, don't want to feed them), so I thought I'd share my pumpkins from 2022-2024. I like doing cartoon chars (Creeper from Scooby-Doo, My Pet Monster, and Count Duckula) & heads for my pumpkin zombie stand, Undead Fred. I design all the patterns myself. #Halloween
A pair of jack-o-lanterns, lit internally. One is on the ground, and is of the Creeper, from "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" The other has two eyes and a goofy fanged mouth, and is on top of a plastic pumpkin zombie. A string of purple lights is running vertically in the background alongside a garage door. A lit jack-o-lantern showing the face of Monzie from the "My Pet Monster" cartoon. A lit jack-o-lantern featuring Count Duckula. A lit jack-o-lantern with a fearsome expression featuring hairy eyebrows, shocked eyes, and fangs on both sides of its mouth. The pumpkin is sitting on top of a plastic pumpkin zombie.
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Honestly not that great a film week for me. A couple duds that were nearly DNFs. Frankenstein was OK but fell short of being good thanks to being a bit thin on content. FD3… it's OK. The kills are still goofy fun. But I'm losing interest. 🧵

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Morgan Lewis's last four films watched on Letterboxd.com. From left to right, most recent to oldest, are posters for "Maniac" (1980, rated 2 stars), "This is the End" (2 stars), "The Evil of Frankenstein" (3 stars), and "Final Destination 3" (3 stars).
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Repost with a "Halloween" movie that's not a typical Halloween movie. 🎃

Arsenic and Old Lace
In a still from the movie "Arsenic and Old Lace", Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster and Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper playfully romp around a graveyard.
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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@sammyhain.bsky.social mentioned low-effort Halloween fast food promotions and I remembered I had this photo. This is a treat sheet from Bob's Burger Express, from back when the chain was still pretty popular, but the photo was from a short-lived one-location revival in Eugene. 🧵
A black-framed orange sheet of paper, with a "Bob's Burger Express" logo in the upper left corner and bats in the upper right. It reads "Best Halloween Value TREAT SHEET" with TREAT SHEET in a spooky font. Below that it says "Safe and Convenient! 10 FREE Bob's DRINK COUPONS for only $2.00." The zeroes in "$2.00" have pupils looking down. Below the text is ten identical coupons, in two columns of five each. Each coupon reads "Have a Safe & Happy Halloween" in the same spooky font as "TREAT SHEET". It also says "Enjoy a FREE 12 oz. SOFT DRINK with this coupon." On the left of each coupon is a Bob's Burger Express logo. On the right is a drawing of kids in costume, including a witch and a ghost.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
oregonian.com The Oregonian @oregonian.com · Oct 14
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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All in all a good week in the land of horror. "Land of the Dead" was better than I anticipated; "Children of the Damned" is more retread than sequel, but still OK. "The Fly" is a truly successful remake (the original was good too).

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Morgan Lewis's last four films watched on Letterboxd.com. Movie posters shown, from left to right (most recent to least), are "Taste of Fear" (rated 3 1/2 stars), "Land of the Dead" (3 1/2 stars), "Children of the Damned" (3 1/2 stars), and "The Fly" (1986 version, 4 stars).
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I need to make a run to the dump later this week, so I bought a tarp today. I also have a rodent problem, so I bought rat poison too. I decided not to buy Halloween candy today; thought that might be a bad look all together.
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM