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‘Definitely meaningful’: Coeur d’Alene Tribe reflects on death of ‘Smoke Signals’ actor Tom Skerritt

by RAY ERKU
Staff Writer | October 23, 2026 1:08 AM

It’s one of Indigenous cinema's most publicly quoted parts ever: “Hey, Victor!” 

The film? “Smoke Signals,” shot on location on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation. 

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