Crooked Arrows

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Long ago...

...the Medicine Game was given to the people

of the Haudenosaunee...

...to entertain the Creator.

Ooh.

Holy stick work!

Somebody better mail that guy's helmet

back from Syracuse.

Outlet pass and Coventry Academy is pulling

off another dominating coast-to-coast play.

Another goal for Coventry Academy!

All-Star middie Clay Watson

just obliterated a Sunaquot defender.

- Chewy, take him out!

- How did you miss that?

- Are you all right?

- I can't move it.

Let's bring it in.

And at halftime, the defending champs

lead the overmatched Sunaquot, eight to three.

It's game one of the season

and it's time for this team to tap out.

If anyone's still listening, please enjoy

this commercial-free intermission...

...as we still have no sponsors, here on

the Bryan Sports Broadcasting Network...

...the number one and only radio show

covering upstate prep school lacrosse...

...and streaming live on BSBN.com.

All right, guys, bunch up.

Listen, they are a very good team.

But we can be too.

We have got to bring our minds

together as one.

- Chewy, you gotta move your feet.

- I do move my feet. They move theirs faster.

Reed, you can stop some shots

if you take a step toward the shooter.

- Cut down the angle.

- I was protecting my backside.

This ain't dodgeball, moron.

Your job is to try and get hit.

And your job is to pass the ball, Jimmy.

Owen was wide open

when you got your ass handed to you.

Oh, whipped.

Owen. Sammy. Enough.

Starters, get ready for the second half.

We'd be better off scrimmaging

our middle-school team.

But I'm not gonna let today go to waste.

In the second half,

I want you all using your weak hands.

But don't you let up. Not for one second.

Remember who we are.

Scared to go back?

- I'm hurt.

- Your feelings or your shoulder?

- A kiss would fix both.

- Ha.

Ah!

- Toby, you're in.

- Me?

At attack.

- Against Coventry?

Okay...

Number 17 is a real firecracker.

Keep it up! Give him that shaft! Get him, Nadie!

This guy is frustrating the Coventry

offense with relentless position defense.

Uh-Oh.

Number 17 is blindsided by an illegal hit.

You gotta be kidding me, man!

Here we go! It's a fight, folks!

A rumble on the rez.

Watson, Dawes, enough!

Come on, boy. Want a taste, Wonder Bread?

- Back! Get back.

- Jimmy!

Jimmy, sideline!

Keep your helmet on!

Geronimo!

Get off of him! Chewy, on the bench!

- Get off of him!

- Enough!

Keep your helmets on.

Sam my, stop it.

Nadie.

- Come on.

- No! Ow!

Stay there!

They're not worth it anyways!

Hey, seems as though you got me shaking

Hey, you make me cry

You start me up

And then you leave

You're changing right in front of me

- Whoo!

- Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

Winning some wampum, ladies?

Oh, my God! Ah!

Three Tom Hot Toddies.

I want to get that jackpot back.

Don't shoot, Chief.

Oh! Five dollar free play!

Ah. Impressive stacks, ladies.

Hey. Got a fortune for me, Chiefy?

Of course. Chiefy always has fortunes

for beautiful Indian maidens.

- There you go.

- I hope he has one for me too.

Mr. Geyer.

Ladies, if you don't mind,

I'd like to borrow Chiefy for a minute.

That's impressive design work, Joe.

But how far have you gotten

with the casino expansion rights?

Almost there. I'm meeting

with my primary opposition this evening.

Hmm.

Joe, I came to you with this deal because you

were a closer when you worked for me.

And I can guarantee a full partnership

if you pull this off.

But there are a lot of other poor Indian tribes

out there with wasted land.

Yes, but we Sunaquot are poorer

and more wasted than most.

I want to help your people,

but I can't wait forever.

Ah. Look, tell your people

whatever it is they want to hear...

...and get my deal done.

Nadie, you need to get that leg elevated.

This is your fault.

Why did you enter the game?

Because nobody else would go in, Daddy.

And I was kicking ass out there,

you saw me play.

And I heard the doctor.

And if you don't heal properly,

you may never play again.

I've got a meeting at the Pow Wow.

You stay with her, this pain medication

can have some side effects.

Oh, no funny business, you two.

Right, because I can't wait to hook up with

the guy that got my ankle broken in two places.

I told you, it's not my fault.

Nobody made you go in the game.

Okay, nobody had to, Jimmy.

We needed a player and you were hurt,

so I stepped up.

Ow! Okay, I said leave me alone!

Now we know the side effects.

Good day for a Pow Wow.

How you doing, man?

Hey, Rollingstone. What's up, my man?

It's Rollingwind.

I've told you like 10 times before.

Yeah, I meant that.

Julie? Julie Gifford?

What are you doing here?

- I teach high school.

- Since when?

Like two weeks ago.

What are you doing here?

I run the casino.

So how you been?

I'm good. I'm really good.

The casino, huh?

Figures. Joe Money

pimping out his people.

Wow, really?

You do know that my casino profits

paid for your brand-new school buildings.

So if I'm a pimp,

what does that make you?

Ah!

- Grandma!

Ah...

Julie!

Of all the teachers in New York,

you just had to hire my ex-girlfriend?

Dr. Gifford is more than a teacher.

Doctor?

Julie wrote the only book there is

about the Sunaquot culture.

You should take one.

It's very enlightening.

And she was the only applicant

we could afford to pay.

Which is a perfect reason

you should deed more land to the casino.

You know my position, son.

We have no more land.

Dad, land is all we have.

And land is all we need.

Come on, let's just enjoy the celebration.

Celebration? What celebration?

Nobody came to the Pow Wow.

Drive downtown

and see the men begging for work.

And then tell me

that the land is all our people need.

Our people.

We haven't been your people

for quite some time, son.

Well, I'm here now, and I have a plan.

But I'm running out of time.

It'd be nice to have your support

at the tribal council.

Not just as an elected official,

but as my father.

Oh!

How'd she get her pajamas on?

I didn't look, Mr. Logan. I swear.

Our partner, Geyer Enterprises, projects

that our annual share of gaming revenue...

...will exceed 10 million dollars.

And in five years, we'd be able to build

a hospital, along with the school.

But can we trust his vision?

Have you seen his casino?

We have seen the new school buildings...

...and have decided that Abooksigun may build

on the land between the casino and the river.

What? This is not acceptable.

Your blood cloud your vision, Hagawa?

We are not finished.

Abooksigun, you may expand the casino...

...under the condition

that you first re-examine your spirit...

...and prove yourself worthy

in the manner of your father's choosing.

You play redskin to the whites,

then white to your people.

It's just for show.

To show what exactly?

Hey, Grandma.

You have forced me

into a very difficult position, Mother.

For the good of our people.

Yes.

Hey, Lady Bug, how is the leg?

- It still hurts a little.

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