"We are Cheyenne"
There is a definite difference between Philbert and Redbow when it comes to identifying with the Cheyenne. Redbow is more worried about staying on the reservation and fighting against the oppression for their rights. Philbert, on the other hand, is worrying about the spiritual part of their tribe and becoming an important person in the culture, peace is his guide. As told in the lecture, these two men were on different road trips, Redbow was on a "political identity" road trip, to get his sister out of jail, and Philbert was on a "spiritual identity" road trip, to go to spiritual sites and get his four tokens. The road trip is focused on "identity politics," in a sense that Native Americans, in specific the Cheyenne for this movie, are a group of people that have shared experiences of injustice and they want to declare political freedom for themselves. One experience that happened in the movie was when the police framed Redbow's sister so that Redbow would leave the reservation before they voted on construction. The experience of Redbow's included both Redbow and Philbert since she was Redbow's sister and she was a friend of Philbert when they were younger. Redbow wanted to stop the injustices from happening to his people and that began with getting his sister out of jail and then to stop construction from trying to tear down the last acres of land that they own. The "white people" in the movie besides Redbow's sister's friend were seen as the oppressive characters who only wanted to reach further and take the only land that Native Americans own. Some people don't know when to stop until they are absolutely on top and in charge. I believe that is an idea that runs right along with the idea of identity politics. Redbow just wants his people to be left alone and the other people don't want to leave them alone so he has to stay and fight to get his way instead of conforming to the mainstream society, that was built off his own ancestors land.