Midnight Son Quotes

“People tend to misspell my English name, but they 100% of the time misspell my Inupiaq name: ??Milukruk??. It means: Warrior Who Pulls Arrows Out of Own Body and Fires Back at Enemy. I’m messing with you. It means Breast-feeding Mama’s Boy.”
― James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

“You never hear white people vouching for our spiritual experiences. It’s like we don’t get to have these anymore. The missionaries took those away and told us they were evil. Instead they told us stories like a Virgin had a baby and people are walking on water… well, ok. But here is a Public Defender arguing that what we believe in is just as valid as any other religion. Whether or not she’s actually that open-minded or just calculating, I don’t know. But this is just a hint of what’s to come with the Iñukuns and the Alaskan justice system.”
― James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

“The experience that Mr. Smith had is a cultural and spiritual experience, that turned out very badly, but, it’s a cultural experience, not a mental illness. He is no more mentally ill than any other belief system that we have that is criticized at times as irrational as well. (quoting Angela Greene, Public Defender)”
― James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son

“I remember waking up and seeing the story on the morning news. The headlines read “Alaska Native Actor – Fugitive, Manhunt, Troopers, At Large. I thought, this guy is either gonna die in a shoot out or get eaten by a fuckin’ bear.”
― James Dommek Jr., Midnight Son