08/02/2021
Many people are wanting to hear about all the wonderful things unfolding because of the ride in March and Dorothys vision of returning the horse nation to the people. Anything that can bring hope and healing to the children and families of the First Nation is desperately needed. Amazing good hearted people are reaching out to help with the šúŋkawakȟáŋ
Oyate Horse Camps that include all ages and families and are bringing together everyone from equine therapists for healing to Apache Film producers and directors. We just finished volunteering our time to bring some light to the suffering community in Lower Brule South Dakota that was welcomed and greatly appreciated by the tribal council, elders in the community and families. We want to thank all who helped and attended. Many plans for the future are being made and a coming together of all the horse nations is in the works. Thank you Scootie for your Continued love and guidance.
ANDREW TROY is one of the core camp contributors of the Súŋkawakȟáŋ Oyáte Camp that has been working alongside Diggsite and the Eastern Nebraska Film Office for the past 2 years. Andrew is Chiricahua Apache and a Hollywood film producer, director, screenplay writer, and founder of the film production companies Troy Entertainment, The Park Entertainment, and Icon Recording Studios (the latter formerly the original Hanna Barbera Studios). He helped open up the doorway to Hollywood bringing close friends Tad Griffith and Eddie Perez onboard as camp contributors, each of whom have worked on countless blockbuster films, series, and commercial productions for well over two decades.
For the past 7 years, Andrew has devoted his life’s work toward the development and creation of the upcoming historical civil rights feature film titled I AM A MAN – The True Story of Ponca Chief Standing Bear that is based on the book I Am a Man written by Joseph Starita. The film is in development. The screenplay was created and will be directed by Andrew, to be produced by longtime Anonymous Content executive Paul Green (The Revenant, Spotlight, The Fifth Estate, True Detectives, Being John Malkovich, Winter’s Bone).
NOTEWORTHY: On September 18, 2019 Andrew was invited to attend the unveiling ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol for the unveiling of a new Chief Standing Bear Statue that was placed in Statuary Hall in Washington D.C., the first Native person to ever be inducted into the hall. The statue stands beside the founders and leaders of the United States of America, a symbol of justice that will echo throughout the U.S. and to the World.
Since 1998, Andrew has owned and operated seven large-scale film production, post- production, and sound-recording & mixing facilities in Hollywood, West Hollywood, and Santa Monica where he has produced and supervised crucial areas of production utilizing his facilities and staff on many projects recognized for their high artistic merit and global box office success. Andrew has financed and produced 20+ Independent films while also supervising over 50+ films, series, and documentaries some of which include The Fighter, The Runaways, The Sorpanos, Hairspray, The Last Mimzy, Resident Evil, The Devil and Daniel Johnson, Sugar, Cry Now, Growing Up Smith, Wild Russia nature series, and the NRDC’s climate documentaries Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Stories from the Gulf: Living with the BP Oil Disaster.
Joining Andrew are family members Gerald Troy (step-father) and Mathew Troy (brother) who have been working to help bring Súŋkawakȟáŋ Oyáte Camp to fruition and who will continue to help in a development and organizational capacity.
Gerry Troy has his Masters in Social Work with a specialty in Community Organization and Program Development directing many community-based programs over the past
50 years. Now retired, Gerry worked extensively with patient-based psycho social programs in Cancer Centers in Loma Linda, California and Jacksonville, Florida. In the 1960’s, he worked as a teacher on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico and Arizona where he first began his personal life-long mission of supporting Native people and Native endeavors.
Mathew has been a youth pastor and camp counsel for the past 25+ years developing faith-based youth programs and retreats throughout Southern California and the San Bernardino mountains. He is currently the youth director and youth pastor at the Holy Name of Jesus Church and School (for teenagers and young adults), and leads the Sunday mass church service music program in Lake Arrowhead, California. Mathew is also an accomplished filmmaker, cinematographer, and professional landscape and portrait photographer.
Andrew has written a short-film screenplay titled “In Her Memory” created in memory of Dorothy Čánte Wašté Wią (Good Hearted Woman) Kiyukan. The finished work will be utilized to showcase the Súŋkawakȟáŋ Oyáte Camp experience that is dedicated to healing the Indigenous people and Tribes of North America through “HORSE NATION”.
