June 17, 2009

Quileutes host "Legends of the Wolf"

Twilight actor Solomon Trimble joins Quileute Days celebrationTwilight actor Solomon Trimble, who played Sam Uley in the film, will be joining the Quileute Days celebration put on by the Quileute Nation of La Push, Washington this summer. His visit marks the first of any cast member from the film(s) to La Push.

The event, which takes place between July 17th and July 19th, will be themed "Legends of the Wolf, fact and fiction."

Says a recent press release for the event, "Solomon Trimble (Mescalero Apache, Lakota) has been a traditional Native American Grass Dancer since the age of 3. Twilight was his cinematic debut. He served as a cultural consultant for a few films by Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with PBS."
Comment:  For more on the subject, see Quileutes Embrace Twilight Tourism and Quileute Werewolves in Twilight.

3 comments:

  1. "His visit marks the first of any cast member from the film(s) to La Push."

    I'd read before that Taylor Lautner visited there before.

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  2. I thought about that. In Twilight Movie Premieres, we learned that Lautner met some Quileute youths in Oregon. But I'm not sure he ever set foot on the Quileute reservation in Washington.

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  3. That is what I was remembering too. Thanks for the clarification.

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