Career
lieutenant was produced by George Harrison"s Handmade Films, and featured appearances by Wes Studi, Graham Greene and Mr.Seals" son, Sky Seals, and then-wife Irene Handren-Seals. Parts of the film were shot on location on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana, with a number of tribal members playing small roles in the film. He has also written documentaries for Home Box Office and Public Broadcasting Service. In an ironic and self-deprecating incident, the protagonists have the chance to see the movie, but choose to see a Hollywood blockbuster instead.
Later they also encounter a commune of yuppie newagers, and are tempted with the promise of fame and money, if they would only choose to sell out their vision.
The New York Times said, "The book is full of adventure, humor, love and sex, and occasionally some eloquent rage about the way Indians have been treated in America." Seals" essays have appeared in The Nation, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and 3 scholarly anthologies. He has also self-published a number of books, and his work has been taught in the English programs at numerous schools, including the University of Hawai"i and Cambridge University.
Recent works include The Creation Myth, a full-length book of six parts, which is being serialized online. Compared to John Milton"s Paradise Lost in scope and style, it is written in heroic verse and adds lengthy details to Greek and Egyptian theogonies.
His family memoir is entitled Abduction at Roswell.
David lives with his family in Flagstaff, Arizona. New York, New York: Thunder"s Mouth Press. (contributor) Nation Books.
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