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Yes, there is a similar award for Girl Scouts - the Gold Award. In some ways the Gold Award is more difficult award to earn than Eagle Rank. Like the Eagle Scout, a Gold Awardee must earn a progression of awards first, which are designed to increase a girl's abilities, confidence, and knowledge so that she can take on a "Gold Award Project". Earning badges along the way is similar for both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Both Eagle Scouts and Gold Awardees are able to be upgraded by 1 rank when joining the military. It would be nice if other employers would recognize these awards in some way as well.The Eagle Project is supposed to be a "leadership project" and should demonstrate that the boy can be a leader of others in doing a service project that benefits another person or organization. Boy Scouts says that Eagle Projects average about 160 hours of work. That's impressive. But, the individual boy doesn't usually spend 160 hours on his project. The 160 hours includes the work hours of all of the Boy Scouts who work on the project. So, if 20 boys each spend 8 hours renovating a section of hiking trail, that's 160 hours. Some projects are simple and really just require a lot of manual labor; others are more complicated and do indeed involve quite a bit of time for the individual seeking to earn the Eagle Rank.The Gold Award Project, on the other hand, is more complicated by design. A girl must choose an issue she cares about, find a problem that exists relating to the issue, plan a project that is continuing and sustainable that will make a lasting impact on the problem, carry out the project, then evaluate the project and explain it to others. A girl must spend at least 80 hours on her project herself and may or may not involve other Girl Scouts in carrying out the project. She might include people from other organizations in her project.While both Eagle and Gold Award projects are valuable and can teach girls and boys a lot, in my own personal experience, I've seen a lot of "manual labor" Eagle projects that don't take a lot of thought nor planning - trail restoration, building something for someone, even coordinating a canned food drive. The Gold Award Projects I've seen tend to be really helpful to people with some sort of problem, and seldom are formulaic.Here are some examples of Eagle Projects that were deemed to be the best of the best. The 2011 National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) Eagle Project of the year was earned by a boy who got a piece of wreckage from the 2001 World Trade Center and turned it into a memorial at his local park. the 2012 project of the year was a boy who collects, repairs and donates furniture to furnish apartments for homeless veterans. The 2013 Eagle Project was to raise funds and build a playground at a local park. The 2014 Eagle Project was another "collect donations and make a memorial at a park" project. The 2015 Eagle Project was done by a boy who was formerly a foster child and collected donations to provide a duffel bag with a flashlight, blanket and stuffed animal to as many foster children in his area as possible.Gold Award projects also tend to be pretty impressive, but often involve education. Here are a few of Girl Scouts' Young Women of Distinction for 2015: One girl taught women and girls in a village in India and in battered women's shelters in Los Angeles self defense, starting her own non-profit "For a Change, Defend". Another girl produced, filmed, edited, and narrated a documentary on domestic human sex trafficking called "Project P.A.T.H.—People Against Trafficking of Humans" that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) now uses for training purposes. Another girl established iDREAM Express, a nonprofit organization that creates mobile learning centers around the world knowing that poverty and the lack of education are prevalent issues. Currently, the learning centers travel to two locations in the Philippines weekly. At these locations, children of all ages are washed, provided slippers, taught several subjects, and fed. They also treat wounds and are given the opportunity to participate in fun activities. Another girl wanted to make alternative energy something that the public could understand and relate to. So, she designed and constructed a residential-scale wind turbine—constructed almost entirely from previously used materials from her home—in an effort to promote new sources of energy. She was selected to represent the Regional Science and Art Fair at the International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environmental Project Olympiad and the International Science and Engineering Fair.Another answer said that Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) was at fault for constantly changing the name of the award and not publicizing the award as much as Boy Scouts (BSA) does with their award. I don't view it that way. When Girl Scouts started in 1912, women weren't even allowed to vote and culturally, it wasn't appropriate for girls and women and their accomplishments to be publicized. Also, when GSUSA was founded, it was the female "copy" of Boy Scouts. Over the years GSUSA has changed a lot to fit females and the ways they think, learn, and do things differently.Here's one example - Young Boy Scouts (Cub Scouts) meet in groups of 6-8 boys with 2 or more adults supervising. And, 1st grade boys must attend Cub Scouts with a parent (1 to 1 adult:boy ratio). That's because it takes that many adults to get young boys under control and do things at meetings. Currently, Brownies (2nd and 3rd grade) girls are allowed to meet with 2 adults supervising up to 20 girls. And, I can tell you from experience, it's true. It's hard for 2 adults to control 6 2nd grade boys. But, 2 adults can generally tell 20 2nd grade girls what to do and they'll do it!The changes in Girl Scouting have been gradual and things are still not quite equal, although they are improving with each year. Calling the award the "Golden Eaglet" was in the days when GSUSA was just BSA for girls. After going through several names, the Gold Award was renamed in 1980, to finally have its own identity and a separate name that doesn't relate to Boy Scouts.

They’re sovereign nations. And they’re also American nations. Every national government operates within parameters of treaties established both with the federal governance of the Constitution and its repercussions within states and counties, and existing covenants with over Native American nations. Within that structure, the various Native American ethnoreligious tribes operate with a high degree of local autonomy in addition to outside support, with their own police, water and environment protection, outreach and cultural teaching, and social support services. While their governments are expected to follow the law both in relation to foreign policy and domestic policy, and thus abide by existing treaties and diplomatic agreements, this does not preclude the concept of national sovereignty.The same is true of every nation on Earth: the law demands only that they obey the law of war, honour existing diplomatic agreements and also conduct internal affairs as honourably as they can. This is a tall order for every national government, to be sure, and governments fail as often as they succeed at these tasks all around the world every day. But even when they do not live up to the ideal ethical standards they set themselves they are still sovereign within their territory (and depending on geography and geopolitics often over territorial waters as well). If governments had to live up to complete perfection in order to be legitimate, then one must admit no legitimate government or legitimately ruled state has ever existed in the history of the universe! Some Native American nations also connect people across national boundaries, such as between Canada and the US or the US and Central and Latin America. In Ontario, for example, there is a substantial Oneida population in Ontario even as Oneida are indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. This is partly due to the history - a significant minority of the nation allied with Brits militarily, which grew as the Revolution continued. Though the official policy supported the rebels, individuals were free to choose and so some loyalist Oneidas banded together to fight for the Crown in Canada. Also, Ontario is quite near upstate New York which is their historic homeland.Naturally, all these laws and norms include some nations such as the Oneida nation whose members are also in Canada; in the example of the Oneida nation, for example, there are many Oneida people in Ontario. Others are members of communities located solely within the boundaries of the modern United States, though of course tribal members can live abroad just like citizens of any other nation while retaining tribal citizenship and cultural recognition of identity.On March 28, the day after Six Nations of the Grand River received word of its first two COVID-19 cases and announced it would be restricting outside access to the community by the end of the month, Tonatiuh Salinas says that the reserve was “completely flooded with non-Indigenous people.” There were long lineups outside the smoke shops, and the First Nations community of more than 27,000 — the largest in Canada — was overrun with outside traffic. “It was scary,” says Salinas. “This is a sickness, and people are told to stay home, and they flooded our reservation, putting everybody at risk.”They’re trying to preserve their traditional culture as best they can, which European colonialism and racism destroyed, oppressed, persecuted, and ravaged. Before the spread of the horrors of the Middle Passage to the Americas, European colonists frequently relied on the enslaved labor of kidnapped and persecuted Native Americans. Native Americans occasionally kidnapped Euro-Americans, such as Rachel Plummer, to exploit as slave labour as well however this was not as widespread and systemic as European colonialism. Also, they had their own POWs so they did not necessarily need to capture Europeans for indentured servitude or slave labour, while Europeans fought their wars more overseas. When migrant communities first arrived on the shores of North America, as now some people aggravated potential for conflict and others welcomed the strangers and even acted generously such as by teaching farming techniques for survival. This is why Abraham Lincoln created our national holiday of Thanksgiving in the middle of the Civil War, to celebrate the welcoming the stranger side of history and also express gratitude to the Native community for their life-saving good deeds.However as pandemic spread through the community and the Jesuits fought against slavery, the enslavement of Native Americans gradually disappeared, to be replaced by the atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade. Still, Native Americans faced violent and continuous persecution, and were cheated out of their lands by federal and state governments in the US. Andrew Johnson pursued a policy of cultural genocide by forcing the Cherokees to walk the infamous “Trail of Tears” while residential schools forcibly took children from their families, taught them to reject their roots and culture, and often placed them under abusive or negligent adult “protection.” Many Native Americans were sexually abused, physically abused and psychologically abused and traumatized in these schools which caused devastating repercussions.The residential school system also tore apart families and made it difficult for many of their graduates to re-integrate into either Native American society or assimilate into European American broader culture. Many were caught between worlds, grounded in a new set of tools without guidance as to how to apply them and traumatized by the racial and religious abuse of a broken system, often intended to forcibly convert very young children to Christianity. So the community of today and national governments of today naturally want to give the young people a renewed connection to their culture and a grounding in their own history and identity. Just like other cultures which faced the forcible stripping of identity, along with basic human rights and protections, they seek to reclaim their language, history, heritage, and communal legacy and wisdom both technological, and spiritual. The Native American nations are increasingly using new technologies to spread language, record history, and encourage cultural learning, because it is necessary in the contemporary world.This is a big task but they are bravely continuing to do the work of preserving culture and protecting community: fighting the pandemic and continued adversity and trauma to serve and protect. All this despite the reality of historic oppression, marginalization, and European colonization.What is at stake for Indigenous communities if the virus gets in and infects members?Salinas: It would be quite devastating, you know? If the sickness hit and were to take 50 of our best knowledge holders, that would be it. There aren't too many fluent speakers [of the Haudenosaunee languages spoken in the community, including Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga] left, and there aren’t that many people who know the ceremonies and songs these days. That's what's really scary, too — is that if you lose the right people, you lose so much that they know and so much that they can teach, and it would be really hard to come back from. I feel like we were starting to finally wake up, protecting what is bigger than us, with land rights and all that. What a time that all of this started to happen when people were starting to rise, you know? You just have to remember what we’re doing it for. It is for the elders; it is for the sick; it is for the kids to come. You put yourself out there so that you can save a lot more, if you can. If the elders go, then all of that teaching, all of the history that they know, goes with them; you'll never be able to get it again. It's a scary feeling to know that that could happen.What it’s like working a checkpoint in a First Nation during COVID-19 | TVO.orgMany Native American and Native North American languages are difficult to learn. In addition, there are not many master speakers in each community and those who do speak the language to a great degree of mastery are not necessarily accessible to every community member. Like Jews, Uighur Muslims, or Tibetan Buddhists, and other groups with concerns about preserving traditional culture as a minority in exile or a culture that has faced extreme aggression and persecution, Native Americans need methods of language preservation that suit cultural needs.The timing of this launch could not have been more perfect as the Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology’s Indigenous Language Initiative has stated that in the United States 165 American Indian languages are still spoken, of which:74 are almost extinct58 have fewer than 1,000 speakers25 have 1,000-10,000 speakers8 have more than 10,000 speakers“Preserving our language has been an effort more than 20 years in the making,” Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative and Oneida Nation Enterprises CEO, said. “As American Indian languages are in danger of becoming extinct we have been working diligently to preserve the Oneida language. We have worked with various methods of teaching, such as the internationally acclaimed Berlitz immersion method.”Oneida Language: Electronic EvolutionSome communities use short educational videos, such as the Oneida nation which produces anime videos, online language learning classes, and the popular “Charlie the Talking Bear” video series which introduces vocabulary and basic sentence construction. Others rely on new technologies, peer learning, mentorship and language immersion programs. The Indigenous Cultural Centre of Canada offers language learning classes for young kids as well as adults which occur several times a week, in addition to cultural activities and artistic expression such as jewelry making, dance, youth work and craft. Nonetheless, concerns remain and some Native American nations are smaller than pre-colonization.200 peopleOneida is an Iroquoian language of the Northeast Woodlands. Today the Oneida language is spoken by about 200 people in southern Ontario, New York state, and part of Wisconsin. Most Oneida speakers are elders, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive.Oneida Language and the Oneida Indian Tribe (Onyota'aka)Here is a beautiful Oneida lullaby.Native Americans such as the Oneida are 100% indigenous and 100% America. In the example of the Oneida nation, the nation actually allied with Washington’s army over the British. Their commitment provided critical support, not only in terms of warriors but also as spies, scouts, and in support roles. Historically, they played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War: their support, after an initial sequence of anticipated neutrality, turned other nations to allying with the rebels.The Tuscarora, an Indigenous nation who joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy after the first five nations formed their historic allegiance, also sided with the rebels following the Oneida public decision. The Tuscarora and Oneida support at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777 showed the US as a credible martial force and this helped generate French involvement in the Revolution. Later, the Battle of Saratoga proved a second major turning point and led to a surprisingly quick victory for the rebels, thanks both to French and Native American support and the various martial and political errors of the Crown. In short, the fateful decision of the Oneida leadership and people lead to this:We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.The Constitution of the United States of America (Preamble)Many scholars argue that the Constitution of the modern day US draws significant inspiration from the Haudenosaunee Law of Peace. Benjamin Franklin, an early supporter of the American Revolution, knew about the Law of Peace and admired it: seeing in their separation of powers and peaceful diplomatic negotiation a potential model for federal US governance. John Adams, a leader of the revolutionaries and later Vice President and then President of the United States, told his son in a letter that Native North American societies represented the only wholly egalitarian cultures. Ironically, he also oppressed and violently persecuted the Native population badly as President; as did many other American Presidents, such as Andrew Jackson. But, the admiration existed nonetheless. Many of the leading Revolutionaries assumed that Indigenous North American cultures, as well as Jewish culture, would eventually disappear. This may be more because they saw assimilation as the only path to liberty and acceptance for minority cultures than because they had no knowledge of their value. For a long time, legal historians assumed that the inspiration for the Constitution came primarily from English, Anglo-American and other European sources, such as the democracy of Ancient Greece.While these are obvious influences as well, more and more historians are realizing the connection between the Law of Peace and the United States Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, American president and leading revolutionary, held a deep interest in world cultures, and made a point of reading ancient religious texts from all over the world. He particularly admired ancient Persia. There is no reason to assume that solely European models of governance inspired the ideas of the American revolutionaries; while they certainly read thinkers such as Locke, Voltaire and others they were also exposed to other ideas. Among the revolutionary generation, Jefferson admired the French Revolution but others were divided, seeing in its excesses an absence of the true spirit of democracy.Much has been said about the inspiration of the ancient Iroquois “Great League of Peace” in planting the seeds that led to the formation of the United States of America and its representative democracy.The Iroquois Confederacy, founded by the Great Peacemaker in 11421, is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth2. In 1988, the U.S. Senate paid tribute with a resolution3that said, "The confederation of the original 13 colonies into one republic was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy, as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the constitution itself."The peoples of the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Six Nations, refer to themselves as the Haudenosaunee, (pronounced "hoo-dee-noh-SHAW-nee"). It means “peoples of the longhouse,” and refers to their lengthy bark-covered longhouses that housed many families. Theirs was a sophisticated and thriving society of well over 5,000 people when the first European explorers encountered them in the early seventeenth century.How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy | Native AmericaThe newly declared US government and the national governments of the Oneida, Tuscarora and others initially hoped for warm relations. One American revolutionary leader referred to the Oneida as family, describing their alliance during the war as like that between “mother and son”.In 1744, the Onondaga leader Canassatego gave a speech urging the contentious 13 colonies to unite, as the Iroquois had at the signing of the Treaty of Lancaster. This cultural exchange inspired the English colonist Benjamin Franklin to print Canassatego’s speech."We heartily recommend Union and a good Agreement between you our Brethren," Canassatego had said. "Never disagree, but preserve a strict Friendship for one another, and thereby you, as well as we, will become the stronger. Our wise Forefathers established Union and Amity between the Five Nations; this has made us formidable; this has given us great Weight and Authority with our neighboring Nations. We are a powerful Confederacy; and, by your observing the same Methods our wise Forefathers have taken, you will acquire fresh Strength and Power; therefore whatever befalls you, never fall out one with another."He used a metaphor that many arrows cannot be broken as easily as one. This inspired the bundle of 13 arrows held by an eagle in the Great Seal of the United States.How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy | Native AmericaThe Great Seal of the United States ca. 1917 - 1919Franklin referenced the Iroquois model as he presented his Plan of Union8At the Albany Congress in 1754, attended by representatives of the Iroquois and the seven colonies. He invited the Great Council members of the Iroquois to address the Continental Congress in 1776.The Native American model of governance that is fair and will always meet the needs of the seventh generation to come is taken from the Iroquois Confederacy. The seventh generation principle dictates that decisions that are made today should lead to sustainability for seven generations into the future. And Indigenous nations in North America were and are for the most part organized by democratic principles that focus on the creation of strong kinship bonds that promote leadership in which honor is not earned by material gain but by service to others.In the plains, there was great honor in giving your horses to the poorest members of the tribe. The potlatch still practiced in the Pacific Northwest is another example of voluntarily redistributing wealth to those who have the least.And the Iroquois? They continue to live under their own constitution and government. Their example sparked the spread of democratic institutions across the world, as explored in “Nature to Nations,” episode Two of this PBS series Native America.The separation of powers combined with central governance of the North American model became a crucial concept for the Founders of the modern-day U.S. They first developed the Articles of Confederation. And then they sought a more centralized model of government yet one which retained strong checks and balances. This model possessed a sophisticated internal accountability and checks on power system, yet balanced these aspects with centralization and unification, projects that would continue into the American Civil War with its martial objective of nation building, as well as abolition.In transforming from a loose federation of vaguely organized states, subject to continual feuds and European dominion, to national independence and unification, the Founders created the Constitution which remains the bedrock of our jurisprudence today. With the Amendment system, it is flexible and therefore has lasted so far - whether we will survive Trump’s assault on our democratic institutions and mode of governance is still an open question of history!Iroquois Confederacy and the Great Law of PeaceUnited States ConstitutionRestricts members from holding more than one office in the Confederacy.Article I, Section 6, Clause 2, also known as the Ineligibility Clause or the Emoluments Clause bars members of serving members of Congress from holding offices established by the federal government, while also baring members of the executive branch or judicial branch from serving in the U.S. House or Senate.Outlines processes to remove leaders within the ConfederacyArticle II, Section 4 reads “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and the conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”Designates two branches of legislature with procedures for passing lawsArticle I, Section 1, or the Vesting Clauses, read “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” It goes on to outline their legislative powers.Delineates who has the power to declare warArticle I, Section 8, Clause 11, also known as the War Powers Clause, gives Congress the power, “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;”Creates a balance of power between the Iroquois Confederacy and individual tribesThe differing duties assigned to the three branches of the U.S. Government: Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), and Judicial (Supreme Court) act to balance and separate power in government.Many Native American communities are leaders in environment and water protection. Because these issues often affect them especially due to under-funding, unjust distribution of resources, and pollution of their sacred ancestral homelands, they developed high-tech agricultural methodologies and bold, intelligent activism to respond to these ongoing harms.But ISC officials support Oneida’s boil water advisory, saying they take the concerns raised by the engineering report “very seriously” and that they are working with the community to “determine how best to improve the water treatment infrastructure in order to meet the required standards.”Hill says the ISC response is mixed messaging that has confused many in the community.“They come to the community and say everything is fine and, meanwhile, the engineering company is saying we should issue a [boil water advisory]. There are two different things happening.”Ronald Hofmann, a professor in the department of civil and mineral engineering at the University of Toronto, reviewed the data and documents obtained by reporters.“Based on the information provided, this should not be normal nor acceptable for any community in Canada, Indigenous or otherwise,” he said. “I would not drink that water. I would not want my family drinking that water. It’s too much of a risk.Oneida Nation of the Thames tap water different than neighbouring non-Indigenous communitiesThe Blueberry River First Nations has been raising concerns about the dangers of infections from nearby work camps and construction projects since late March.In a March 30 letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan, Chief Marvin Yahey Sr. called on the province to suspend construction on Site C and close its camp facilities, citing “serious concern” with BC Hydro’s continued work on the project during the pandemic.He said the continued work on the hydroelectric project is inconsistent with the government’s overall response to the pandemic.Construction has been declared an essential service by the province and rules banning gatherings of more than 50 people do not apply to work sites. Concerns have been raised about large industrial projects continuing in the north, where medical resources are limited.“Site C is not like residential and commercial construction projects occurring elsewhere; it is a mega project in a small community, with a disproportionate risk,” the chief’s letter says.Blueberry First Nations Warned of COVID-19 Threat. Now the Pandemic Has Reached Them | The TyeeKatan’s warning came as a new study revealed that parts of the Amazon rainforest under the stewardship of indigenous peoples sequester carbon better than areas with little protection, leading to less deforestation and degradation.“We are the defenders of nature, of the life of the forests, of our territories,” said Katan, vice-president of Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (Coica). “The world is investing lots of money to implement public policy to combat climate change, help conservation and restoration. But these policies are made in offices by technical experts with little or no knowledge of the Earth.”Trust our expertise or face catastrophe, Amazon peoples warn on environment"Indigenous peoples have witnessed continual ecosystem and species collapse since the early days of colonial occupation," says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, an activist/scholar from the Nishnaabeg nation and author most recently of the book As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance. "We should be thinking of climate change as part of a much longer series of ecological catastrophes caused by colonialism and accumulation-based society."Green growth, even in its social-democratic versions, isn't going to save the insects. But there exist alternative examples for the left, and for the world. While America's beehives are bare, Cuba's are thriving, which led to the tragicomically western Economist headline: "Agricultural backwardness makes for healthy hives." "We" are just now reactivating the millenia-old Mayan practice of harvesting from wild stingless bees ("meliponiculture"), which used to produce an unimaginably large variety of honeys. These entomological examples support Nikitah Okembe-RA Imani's audacious claim about the history of African thought: Those who study what has been suppressed can see the future.As for what is to be done about climate change, there's no real mystery. "The issue is that accumulation-based societies don't like the answers we come up with because they are not quick technological fixes, they are not easy," Simpson says. "Real solutions require a rethinking of our global relationship to the land, water, and to each other. They require critical thinking about our economic and political systems. They require radical systemic change."An Indigenous Critique of the Green New DealBolsonaro, notorious for racist remarks about indigenous people and a nationalist argument in favour of developing the Amazon, is popular among farmers, wildcat miners, loggers and land grabbers. He said the Yanomamiindigenous reserve – Brazil’s largest – was too big and attacked environment agencies for fining people for environmental crimes.In December 2019 he issued a decree known as MP910, allowing farmers squatting up to 2,500 hectares within government-controlled reserves to legalise it. A previous law in 2017 allowed this for land squatted until 2011; Bolsonaro’s decree extended it until 2018.Critics called it the “land grabbers decree”. Grabbing land on federal reserves by deforesting it, burning the dead trees and putting cattle on it to consolidate possession is common practice in the Amazon.“The measure permits titling public areas which were illegally deforested with the objective of obtaining the land,” said Imazon, a non-profit environmentalist group. Federal prosecutors said it would further facilitate land grabbing, in a detailed analysis.Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activistsThe COVID-19 pandemic could "wipe out" entire indigenous populations in Brazil, experts who have described the situation a "matter of life and death" have warned.Survival International, a human rights organization which advocates for indigenous, tribal and uncontacted peoples, warned in a statement on Friday: "The protection of indigenous lands around the globe is critical to prevent thousands of tribal people dying from coronavirus."As indicated in the map by Statista below, 11,281 of the over 1.2 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 are in Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University. A total of 487 people in the country have so far died.Uncontacted tribes of Brazil could be exterminated by coronavirus, indigenous leader warns“We have long denounced these religious organizations for violating Brazilian laws, disrespecting our internal relationships, ways of life and forms of thinking about the world,” UNIVAJA said in a statement after the ruling. “Now these groups physically expose us to a lethal virus that is ravaging humanity. … We are survivors of previous genocidal plagues. We will continue denouncing the unwelcome missionaries, who harm us and our homeland.”Brazil now has more than 30,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, although the actual number is likely far higher. The virus has reached the Amazon ― in Manaus, the forest region’s largest city, hospitals are already near their capacity ― and cases among indigenous tribes have tripled in the last week. If it continues to spread into remote regions like the Javari Valley and other areas with large indigenous populations, it could be disastrous for communities that are already neglected by the Brazilian government.“If the coronavirus goes to indigenous lands, it will be a tragedy because we have no protected area, no proper investment in health and equipment to protect the indigenous,” said Joenia Wapichana, who became the first indigenous woman ever elected to Brazil’s Congress in 2018.The dispute is not just about a helicopter and a missionary organization. It’s also about Bolsonaro’s ongoing evisceration of Brazil’s existing infrastructure to protect its indigenous tribes and isolated peoples, and the deep fears many indigenous tribes have of both missionary groups and the current government ― two perceived enemies that became even more closely linked with Lopes Dias’ appointment on the eve of Brazil’s COVID-19 outbreak.Amazon Tribes Say Christian Missionaries Threaten 'Genocide' During PandemicA member and leader of the Bribri, one of Costa Rica’s largest indigenous groups, Romero lives in Talamanca, a remote, mountainous region in the south of the country full of meandering rivers, dense jungle canopies and a near-constant drizzle of warm rain. Though the thatched-roof wooden homes of Talamanca Bribri, the group’s territory, are far removed from the country’s popular tourist hubs, Romero soon realised that it was only a matter of time until the virus reached them.Levi Sucre Romero, a leader of Costa Rica's Bribri group, believes Covid-19 was caused by "a cocktail of bad practices" (Credit: Joel Redman/If Not Us Then Who?)Romero also realised something else: the virus, he believes, was unleashed by human greed and ill treatment of the planet. “We’re unbalancing the habitat of species, we’re cutting down trees, we’re planting monocultures, we’re filling the world with cities and asphalt and we’re using too many chemicals,” Romero said. “It’s a cocktail of bad practices.”Like Sars and Mers, two other recent, deadly coronaviruses, Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease that came from an animal. Evidence points to its likely origin in a bat, followed by a potential crossover into an intermediary species – possibly a pangolin – before transmission into humans at a wet market in Wuhan, China. While Covid-19’s exact origins have yet to be pinpointed, overwhelming research shows that deforestation and commercial wildlife trade heighten the risk of zoonotic diseases that can potentially cause pandemics. And according to Romero, both are human activities that entail the destruction of nature.The culture as well as scientific knowledge of indigenous peoples of the Americas points to the idea that nature is to be respected. When nature is not respected the consequences for humans can be disastrous, even as the initial stages of that process are not necessarily immediate or directly visible. For years their cultural leaders, farmers and agricultural scientists tried to warn the world of these problems and the potentially lethal consequences for us all.Romero coordinates the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests, one of the most important land-rights platforms for indigenous communities in Central America and Mexico, which represents more than 50,000 people who live in the most densely forested lands in the region. He knows for a fact that there is another, more sustainable and respectful way to live in relation to the Earth – because the Bribri and many other indigenous groups around the world practice it.I do not believe this will be the last pandemic of this typeFor years, Romero and other indigenous leaders have been urging the rest of the world to adopt a more indigenous-inspired way of coexisting with nature, including leaving habitats intact, harvesting plants and animals at sustainable levels and acknowledging and respecting the connection between human and planetary health. Now, they are reiterating that message in light of the coronavirus.At a March panel sponsored by the global journalism initiative Covering Climate Now in New York City, held days before the city shut down and later became the global epicentre of the worldwide pandemic, Romero and other indigenous leaders from Brazil and Indonesia emphasised the role that traditional knowledge, practices and land stewardship can play in protecting the planet. These protections, they said, extend not just to lessening climate change and biodiversity loss, but to reducing the risk of future pandemics.The indigenous communities that predicted Covid-19We would all do well to heed the ancient teaching of the Indigenous nations of the Americas right now. Though nature can be our ally, so too can nature become a foe. It is up to our choice and our creativity to respond to nature as either a friend or an enemy. Just like a human relationship, when we treat the ecosystem wisely, we benefit, but when we treat the ecosystem unwisely, negative consequences abound - for us, and for our world; on physical, and spiritual levels. For years Indigenous First Nations peoples and their leadership tried to voice this message; one hopes that now it might at least begin to break through. The governor’s decision is on the wrong side of history; she will be remembered by its pages as one who, in a crisis, made it even worse and failed to learn lessons of both past and present while making life worse for present as well as future. And aggravating hatreds of the past. Her choice, and those of others like her, will stain our national memory for years to come.At the end, caring for the environment and our citizens is simply in the interest of liberty and saving human lives. If we are unable tolerate all and any restrictions for reasons of personal emotion, gain, or convenience, we will soon lose the civic virtue necessary to sustain democracy. Environmental justice and protection is about just those values: justice and protection. And it’s a pretty tragic day when we no longer believe in that. Today we are seeing who does, or does not, believe in or fight for those values. The picture is revealing, but the communal wisdom of so many peoples before us who fought for democracy can at least give us all one badly needed honour: hope. Perhaps with that, we can at least try to preserve our democracy, our prosperity, our national security and our liberty. A liberty to live and breathe the air that the checkpoints were created to safeguard. So sad that some, like the governor, would choose to tear it down - and with threats, no less. That is indeed unAmerican. Protecting national security and saving lives is not.

EditPredators (2010)TriviaShowing all 112 itemsJump to: Spoilers (24)According to Nimród Antal and Robert Rodriguez on the commentary, in the script, the character Cuchillo was described as "a guy who looks like Danny Trejo." When Danny Trejo heard this, he called Robert Rodriguez and said, "hey, I heard there's a guy in the script for 'Predators' who looks just like Danny Trejo, and guess what, I look just like Danny Trejo!"705 of 712 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsHanzo is missing two fingers on his left hand. The reason that the Yakuza traditionally cut their fingers starting from the left pinkie, is that these fingers have a vital role in controlling a Japanese sword, and their loss would significantly impair a duelist. Hanzo must be a formidable swordsman to be able fight in close combat as he did, despite the loss of his fingers.283 of 288 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe alien creature that pursues Edwin (Topher Grace) through the jungle, during the ambush scene, is a slightly modified version of the original, abandoned Predator design from 1987.208 of 211 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsLouis Ozawa insisted his character Hanzo fight using Kendo, as he is a practitioner of the martial art, instead of using Kung Fu, as most Hollywood films do.243 of 248 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe plant that Edwin (Topher Grace) identifies as "Archaefructus liaoningensis" has actually been extinct for several million years; its origin lies in the Cretaceous Period. Angiosperm fossils were found in China, that are believed to be about one hundred twenty-five million years old, making it the world's earliest known flowering plant. In an earlier draft of the script, Edwin highlights the plant's origins, citing it as yet another inexplicable oddity, before they finally realize where they are.165 of 168 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsHanzo's name is a reference to Hattori Hanzo, a legendary Japanese samurai of the Sengoku era (1467-1573 A.D.). Hattori Hanzo is also the name of Shin'ichi Chiba's character in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), which was written and directed by Robert Rodriguez's good friend Quentin Tarantino.144 of 147 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe "hunting dogs" are based on one of the creature skulls seen in the trophy case on-board the Predator ship, near the end of Predator 2 (1990).90 of 91 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe original script contained cameo appearances by Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Michael Harrigan (Danny Glover), the protagonists of the previous Predator films. However, these appearances were ultimately cut out.205 of 211 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsWhile filming a fight scene, Oleg Taktarov hit his face on a Steadicam camera, and started bleeding. He insisted that filming continue, to add effect to the scene.156 of 160 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsLaurence Fishburne filmed for just two days.146 of 150 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAdrien Brody put on twenty-five pounds of muscle for his role.193 of 200 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsOne of the mandates for the production team was that they only looked to the original Predator (1987) for reference points.114 of 117 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe original plan was to alter the 20th Century Fox logo, turning it into heat vision (as seen from the Predators' viewpoint) halfway through the fanfare. The studio nixed that particular idea.126 of 130 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe pool with the overhanging rock, where the group ends up after the jump from the cliff, was found in Texas, during location scouting. However, when the scene was shot a few months later, the temperature had dropped considerably, and water had started to flow from the rock. Not only did the actors have to be submerged in freezing cold water, the noise from the waterfall made the recording of usable dialogue impossible.87 of 89 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsOne indication that the Predators have been using the hunting grounds for a very long time, is when they first come into the Predator camp (just before they see the classic Predator on the totem pole), there is a Neanderthal skull next to a human skull on the ground as a trophy. The Neanderthal subspecies became extinct forty thousand years ago.87 of 89 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe classic Predator, from the original Predator (1987) is seen for the first time in over twenty years.188 of 196 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsWhen asked where he drew his inspiration for how to make a "Predator" film, Robert Rodriguez responded he was inspired what to do from Predator (1987), and what not to do by Predator 2 (1990), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), and AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007). Furthermore, he added he drew no inspiration whatsoever from the "Predator" comics.121 of 125 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe film's basic plot was conceived in 1994, when Robert Rodriguez was working on Desperado (1995). He presented a draft of the script to 20th Century Fox, but they turned it down, because the budget required was too large. Fifteen years later, the studio decided to follow through with his script; in the end, an updated version of his script.102 of 105 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNimród Antal specifically chose Adrien Brody for the main protagonist: "It was a challenge in finding a balance. When we cast Adrien, there were a lot of people going, What? But at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that. So we decided early on to go in a very different direction as far as the casting process, but it turned out fantastic." He also felt the soldiers should be portrayed as wiry tough guys, not burly men, like Arnold Schwarzenegger.166 of 173 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAccording to Robert Rodriguez, the title of "Predators" serves as a double-entendre, describing the alien hunters as well as the ensemble human characters they target: "They could very well kill each other off, even if there were no Predators!"103 of 107 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe song that plays over the credits is Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally", which was listened to by the main characters of Predator (1987) on the helicopter before they're dropped into the jungle for their mission.112 of 117 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRobert Rodriguez intended this film to be part of the "Predator" franchise, and not the "Alien Vs. Predator" franchise.147 of 155 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options(At around fifty minutes) The Insectoid Alien that appears is an allusion to the original design of the Predator from the first film, when it was played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The creature was redesigned after Van Damme's departure, to the current design.65 of 67 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAlthough all the main locations were filmed in Hawaii, sixty percent of the movie was shot in Texas, in order to be eligible for a tax benefit.78 of 81 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe film was shot in fifty-three days.101 of 106 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAt the point Noland (Lawrence Fishburne) is introduced, you hear the lines "Over Here" and "Turn Around". These lines are spoken by Bill Duke to Carl Weathers in the first Predator movie. The lines are either a nod to the original movie, or represent the Predator's ability to record and transfer sounds and data between themselves in real time, as the first Predator didn't survive, to do this himself.62 of 64 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAccording to Robert Rodriguez on the DVD commentary, Walton Goggins had been cast in the role of Stans, but Rodriguez felt the character was written far too much like the character Hudson in Aliens (1986). So Rodriguez had the part re-written, and asked director Nimród Antal to re-cast the role. But Antal insisted that Goggins could still do the role, and scheduled a meeting between Goggins, Rodriguez, and him. Within a very short period of time, Rodriguez was convinced that Walton was right for the part.87 of 91 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAlice Braga read a sniper manual in preparation for her role, and carried a fourteen pound sniper rifle around with her during shooting.109 of 115 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsHanzo only speaks in one scene, and has a total of three lines of dialogue.123 of 131 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe average height of the actors who play the Predators in this film is 6'6½", while the actors in the previous films, Kevin Peter Hall and Ian Whyte, were 7'2½" and 7'1" tall, respectively.88 of 93 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsStans' prison jumpsuit identifies him as an inmate of California's San Quentin State Prison, which has the largest prison death row population in the United States.98 of 104 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNoland claims to have been on the planet between seven to ten seasons. In Earth time, he's been there at most a little over two years.120 of 129 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRoyce, Isabelle, Nikolai, and Noland are the only people to say their names in the film. Stans, Mombasa, Cuchillo, Edwin, and Hanzo's names are never revealed (although Stans identifies himself in a deleted scene). The DVD captions identify all characters.71 of 75 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIt was decided that the film would be produced at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios, instead of 20th Century Fox, so that Rodriguez would have creative control over the project.71 of 76 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe man whose parachute fails to open is wearing pixel-gray Army Combat Uniform fatigues, meaning he was most likely a soldier in the United States Army. The same goes for the unidentified man found later with his chest ripped open: Nikolai reads from the man's notebook that he was supposed to be stationed in Afghanistan.75 of 81 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRobert Rodriguez was originally thought to be attached as director, however within a few days of this rumor coming out, he confirmed he would only write and produce the film.41 of 43 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNoland says that he was "Air Cav", and proceeds to hum "Ride of the Valkyries". Lawrence Fishburne was in Apocalypse Now (1979), which prominently features both.64 of 69 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsOleg Taktarov dubbed his own voice in the Russian version.38 of 40 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe unusual weapon used by Royce, is an AA-12 fully automatic twelve gauge shotgun. Judging by the explosive effects produced by the shells, it is most likely loaded with Frag-12 explosive rounds.106 of 118 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNikolai was originally supposed to be armed with a Russian GShG-7.62 four-barreled rotary machine gun, as it would be more fitting for a Russian Spetsnaz Operator. The production crew was unable to obtain one, so they used an American M134 minigun instead.72 of 79 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe River Ghost's role was reduced in the final film, compared to earlier drafts: it was originally supposed to play a more substantial part in the film, stalking the characters for longer and leading them to believe it was the one responsible for their being on the planet. In another draft of the script, the creature was originally to have been found near a river and was barely seen, behaving almost like a ghost or apparition (it was from this draft that the creature earned its moniker). The River Ghost was initially conceived as a means to display the original, unused Predator design created for Predator by Boss Film Studios, although it was later decided to make the creature a completely original design. Despite this change of direction, the creature still bears some similarities to the original Predator design, most notably in the appearance of its head and its digitigrade legs.18 of 18 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsProducer Robert Rodriguez has expressed an interest in a prequel movie about Noland.27 of 28 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThis movie wasn't called Predator 3. Instead it added an "S" to the end to make it plural, in tribute to how Alien (1979)'s sequel was called Aliens (1986).73 of 81 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe first Predator doesn't appear until thirty-eight minutes into the film.77 of 86 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsShortly after being hired as the director, Nimród Antal was informed that the movie will be scrapped because the script wasn't deemed good enough. Antal was then given two screenwriters and ten days to write a new story outline from scratch in their basement. According to Antal, by the end the place was such a mess and smelled so bad that the Predators' camp in the movie was heaven in comparison.30 of 32 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIn the script, Mr. Black (the Berserker) has spikes all over his armor and even on his dreadlocks. As with many ideas in the script, this was removed from the final film.15 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIsabelle uses a Blaser R93 sniper rifle, fitted with an Elcan DigitalHunter scope. The official sniper rifle for active-duty Israeli Defense Forces personnel, is actually the H-S Precision HTR, and it achieved that designation in May 2010, only a month before this movie was released.59 of 67 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAccording to the making of Predators, the tusks on Tracker's mask are actually from Predator hounds.19 of 20 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsDanny Trejo's character is named Cuchillo. "Cuchillo" is Spanish for "knife". Many of Trejo's characters in Robert Rodriguez movies have been named after knives or sharp instruments: Machete in Spy Kids (2001), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), and Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003); Razor Charlie and Razor Eddie in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), and From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), Navajas (Spanish for "blades") in Desperado (1995), and he also plays another character called Machete in Machete (2010) and its sequels.57 of 66 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNikolai is a member of the Spetsnaz, who were ironically minor antagonists in Predator.24 of 26 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThis had the same budget as AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007).53 of 63 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsEarly in the film Royce asks Isabelle if she's IDF. The letters stand for Israel Defence Force. She neither denies nor confirms.25 of 28 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNimród Antal did over one hundred pages of storyboards, in preparation for directing.24 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIn the prequel motion comic, the Crucified Predator is seen being hunted at the waterfall by Falconer and Berserker. The Yautja attempts to fight and escape but gets captured by the more numerous Super Predators and is strung up onto the totem structure.15 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIn Decloaking the Invisible: Alien Terrain (2010), it can plainly be seen that stunt performers were used for the cliff fall scene, in most of the shots, if not all of them, that were actually used in the movie. This is especially true for Edwin's fall. This was done by a professional, and he still accidentally landed mostly on his head.49 of 59 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRobert Rodriguez and Nimród Antal referred to the original design of the Predator (1987) as the "cassette tape version", and the new 2010 creature design, as the "iPod version".47 of 57 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAlan Silvestri, who composed the score for Predator (1987), was asked to write this score to this film. He could not, due to scheduling conflicts with The A-Team (2010). John Debney, with whom Robert Rodriguez had worked previously on Sin City (2005) and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), received the assignment. Debney was quoted as saying that his score will be influenced by Silvestri's original score for the 1987 film.32 of 38 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsMombasa is very similar to Billy in Predator (1987) since they both were portrayed as having a strong jungle sense and knew when the Predator(s) were hunting/stalking them.21 of 25 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Berserker is the only Predator in the film, who claims a trophy from someone they kill during the course of the movie.7 of 7 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsMilo Ventimiglia, Freddy Rodríguez, and Josh Brolin were considered for the role of Royce.33 of 43 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsWhile often addressed as the Tracker Predator, he is also sometimes addressed as the Flusher Predator after his role in the film to "flush out" the humans with the creatures he controls: the Predator hounds or hunting dogs.13 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRoy's combat knife featured prominently in the movie is manufactured by Tops Knives, model Steel Eagle 107C.6 of 6 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNeil Marshall, M.J. Bassett, Bill Duke, Marcus Nispel, Peter Berg, and Darren Lynn Bousman were considered to direct the film. In the end, Nimród Antal was hired, because Robert Rodriguez enjoyed Antal's earlier films, Kontroll (2003) and Vacancy (2007).23 of 30 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsStans is a death row inmate in California's San Quentin Correctional Facility. All death row inmates can receive a pardon, or stay of execution by the state's Governor. At the time this film was made (and presumably the time the movie takes place), California's Governor was Arnold Schwarzenegger, the star of Predator (1987).70 of 108 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsDespite the fact that Stans has some psychopathic tendencies, he doesn't appear to be an actual psychopath. As he claims he just killed his victims for no reason and not for revenge or out of insanity, though this was in a deleted scene. Behavior wise, he was able to work well with the others, only fighting before meeting the group and when wanting a weapon better than a shiv, believing he needed a gun to increase his chances of survival.18 of 25 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsMombasa Mahershala Ali is a Muslim, as revealed early in the film when he performs the Salat (daily prayer) while the group takes a break in the scene where Royce notes that the sun has not moved since arrival. In real life, Ali is a Muslim himself.19 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Falconer Bio-Mask bears some resemblance to a real-life falcon; whether this is partly the reason he is named as his is, or merely a reflection of his name, is unknown.10 of 13 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsSince no specific year is mentioned in the film, some fans theorized that it takes place in the near-future, when the Predators may no longer come to Earth to hunt, instead bringing their prey to one of their own planets instead. However, it is implied that the movie takes place before 2010 (in which it was released) when Nikolai mentions that the last thing he remembers is fighting in Chechnya; the second Chechen war lasted until 2009. Later, the group finds a recently deceased US Special Forces soldier who was deployed in Afghanistan. Most of the fighting by US Special Forces troops in the Afghanistan war occurred between 2001 and 2011; by 2014, most combat troops had been withdrawn.8 of 10 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNoland (Laurence Fishburne) tells the others that he's from the Air Calvary. After Royce confirms he too was dropped in by parachute, Noland laughs and hums the tune of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". In "Apocalypse Now", the Air Calvary attacks a Vietcong base while playing the same song- Laurence Fishburne starred in "Apocalypse Now".6 of 7 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Crucified Predator is the first hunter to fight another Predator on-screen.11 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsLaurence Fishburne accepted the role after enjoying Nimród Antal's directing on the set of Armored.9 of 12 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsJeff Fahey was briefly considered for the role of Noland.21 of 35 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNikolai's M134 mini gun requires an electrical power source for the gun to operate.6 of 8 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIt is odd as to why Stans took the protective vest from Noland's stockpile, but never bothered to get a weapon, it's likely he thought that Noland's armor would help him more in the long run.14 of 23 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsDirector Nimród Antal wasn't on the original list of proposed directors, but he was eventually chosen due to his experience with handling a large cast of characters in his former films.7 of 10 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Falconer and Tracker Predators are never shown with their masks off.7 of 10 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsHanzos name could also be a reference to a highly skilled ninja from feudal Japan, Hattori Hanzo.9 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIn concept art, the Falconer was shown with Freddy Krueger-like claws on his left hand. He would have likely used these to skin his victims.11 of 20 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe film stars two Academy Award winners and one nominee: Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Pianist (2002), Mahershala Ali won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Moonlight (2016) and Green Book (2018), and Laurence Fishburne was nominated for Best Actor for What's Love Got to Do with It (1993).13 of 26 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAny serious Sci-Fi fan will recognize the 'lights' in Nolan's hideout in the mining vehicle. They are the power gauges from the Krell laboratory in the 1956 movie 'Forbidden Planet'.22 of 51 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Hell-Hounds bear a striking resemblance to the Kurn from Alien vs. Predator: Extinction. They also share certain similarities to Skags from the Borderlands and Borderlands 2 video games.8 of 17 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAlice Braga (who plays an Israeli soldier) is the third brunette actress who appears in the Predator franchise, following Elpidia Carrillo in Predator (1987), and Maria Conchita Alonso in Predator 2 (1990), while Sanaa Lathan played the female leader in AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), following Sigourney Weaver, who played the female lead role in the Alien franchise.29 of 108 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAfter Adrian Brody cuts the Predator down and the ship starts to take off, you see the ground and either Mack's skull from Predator (1987), or one identical. Anna did say in the 1987 movie that the Predators go there a lot. Maybe one found and took Mack's skull.8 of 30 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAccording to the Predators video game, the Crucified Predator was the leader of a clan. The player has to rescue their clan leader on mission 30.4 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsStans shares his first name with Walter Golic from Alien3. Additionally, both men are convicted murderers, and both are somewhat mentally unstable.6 of 29 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThis, at the time of the film's release, is Walton Goggins' second role as a criminal. He has had a recurring role as Boyd Crowder on Justified (2010-2015)4 of 19 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAlthough never seen in the movie, the Falconer Predator can summon many Falcons as a form of air-strike in the Predators and AVP: Evolution mobile games.2 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsCounting the two crossovers, this movie is the fifth installment of the Predator franchise.0 of 1 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsSpoilersThe trivia items below may give away important plot points.The film continues the tradition that no Predator is killed by a firearm, a rule that wouldn't be broken until The Predator (2018).143 of 147 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsUnlike other Predators, who hunt for honor and for trophies, in the script the Super Predators hunt for DNA to become more powerful hunters. This was later dropped from the film, where the Super Predators still hunt to improve themselves, but also for sport. The theme of Predators looking for the best DNA to modify themselves with would finally feature in the sequel The Predator (2018).35 of 35 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe way the Berserker Predator rips out Stans' spine, exactly mirrors what the title character does to Billy after killing him in Predator (1987).74 of 81 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe originally rejected script by Robert Rodriguez had the Predators riding motorbikes and drinking alien beer while watching matches in a Colosseum-like arena. There was a substantial role for Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from the first film, who had been captured and was forced to fight in the arena as a gladiator against Predators and other alien creatures. Due to prohibitive costs and Schwarzenegger's term as governor of California, it was re-written to feature captured soldiers dropped into an alien game reserve, but there would originally have been 200 Predators in the movie. Nimród Antal, a big fan of the franchise, found it preposterous, reasoning that if a single Predator posed a dangerous threat in the previous films, then dealing with hundreds of them would give the human characters no reasonable chance for survival. It was scaled back to three Predators, and another basic idea that was kept throughout included six out of the eight human characters getting killed. Rodriguez then offered Schwarzenegger a cameo at the end where Dutch (in full Predator attire) emerges from a ship with several Predators and praises the survivors for winning, but unfortunately Schwarzenegger couldn't commit.44 of 47 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsHanzos final fight with the Falconer Predator is a homage to the scene in the original film where Billy challenges the Jungle Hunter to a one-on-one knife fight. Unlike the original scene however the fight is shown and Hanzo is victorious but at the cost of his own life.26 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNever has any main, key featured Predator, survived any film, in which they have appeared, whether as ally or foe.50 of 56 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIt is safe to assume that the Super Predators do not follow the Yautja Honor Code, as they do not demand fair fights: removing their armor and equipment before engaging in hand-to-hand combat with their adversary. Instead they attack their enemies as brutally as possible, killing them in a very merciless manner.39 of 43 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsBody Count: twenty.43 of 49 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Tracker Predator, also referred to as the "Flusher Predator" and nicknamed "Tusky" by fans, after the two curved tusks jutting from his mask, is one of the main Super Predators introduced in the 2010 film Predators and is part of a new breed of Predators that are at a clan war with the mainstream Predators. The Tracker Predator was portrayed by actor and stuntman Carey L. Jones.15 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsEven though this installment in the "Predator" franchise explicitly wanted to part with the crossover AVP story arc, it does contain at least three nods to the Alien franchise: - 1) at one point, while (obviously, given the movie's universe) facing near-certain death, one character tells another "If the time comes, I'll do us both", a reference to Hicks' almost identical line in Aliens (1986), 2) when the group finds the body of an earlier victim of the antagonists, he has a large hole in his chest with the ribs bent outwards (probably from a Predator energy blast shot from behind), referencing the way Xenomorph young emerge from their host, and the wound found on the "space jockey" in Alien (1979), also Nikolai references Billy's dialogue from Predator (1987), "he set up position here, he was shooting in all directions" 3) as soon as Royce recovers from his parachute landing; as he looks around, a music motif from Aliens (1986) can be heard. Additionally, when realizing that the Classic Predators may be helpful against the Super Predators, Royce mentions 'my enemy's enemy', which references the 'enemy of the enemy is my friend' concept from AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004).72 of 91 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe first time in the Predator franchise, when the end did not close with an explosion of some kind.35 of 44 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsDanny Trejo leaves the movie at thirty-four minutes. Laurence Fishburne, despite prominent billing, appears only between minute fifty-two, and minute sixty-eight.37 of 47 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe way Nikolai kills the Tracker Predator is somewhat ironic, seeing as self-destruction is the Predators' preferred way of dealing with an opponent when they're about to be killed. That being said, it is not revealed whether Super Predators follow this technique like their smaller cousins or not.14 of 16 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Super Predators are larger than normal Yautja, as can be seen when Berserker fights the Crucified Predator. However, in reality, actors Brian Steele and Carey Jones, who portray the Super Predators, are actually shorter than previous Predator actors - Steele and Jones stand around 6'7", while Ian Whyte is 7'1" and Kevin Peter Hall was 7'2".10 of 11 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsDespite prominent billing, Laurence Fishburn has less than 15 minutes of screentime. Danny Trejo has more screentime & his character is the first one (of the main 8) to be killed in the movie.15 of 18 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsRoyce (Adrien Brody) quotes Dutch Schaefer from the original "Predator" when he says, "Come on! Come on! Do it! I'm here! Kill me!"9 of 10 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe film has many nods and references to Predator (1987): The characters find themselves in a jungle, and many of the musical cues are the same. Nikolai's weapon is a M134 minigun. Mombasa stares at a tree because he is convinced there is something in it (which is correct). Isabelle knows of Major Alan "Dutch" Schaffer's deadly encounter with a Predator in the jungle of Guatemala which occurred 23 years earlier and mentions it to Royce. Noland uses the lines "Over here" and "Turn around". Isabelle angrily shouts "You set us up!" to Royce. Hanzo holds off The Falconer Predator by taking a stand and fighting him in armed combat, and dies. One Predator rips out Stans' skull and spine, like Billy's; and Royce covers himself in cold mud in his fight with the Berserker Predator. The end credits feature the song "Long Tall Sally" which was also used in the first film.21 of 27 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsSeries trademark: As Nikolai (Oleg Taktarov) is dying, he shouts "What an ugly face you have!" in Russian to the Predator. This extends a running joke in the franchise of someone insulting the Predator's looks, which started with Arnold Schwarzenegger calling the creature "one ugly motherfucker" in Predator (1987).11 of 13 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe traps found on the planet are all very similar to the ones used by the original special forces group in Predator (1987), so similar that they could indicate that at least Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) had been taken to the planet at some time in the past, as stated in the commentary. However, those plans were dropped, along with Danny Glover's character reappearing.9 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsAt about 26 minutes when the humans are attacked by four-footed creatures, the humans fire dozens if not hundreds of rounds of ammunition despite just learning they are on an alien planet with little hope of replenishing their bullets.23 of 47 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsNoland explains that he has managed to kill two (possibly three, due to him being unsure) Predators and acquire their armor and weaponry.14 of 28 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsThe Super Predators could possibly take some kind of drug or some sort of other enhancement which could explain their larger figures over the already masculine mainstream Yautjas. As what exactly makes these Predators "super" hasn't yet been revealed but it could simply be due to them being a sub-species to the "normal" Predators.12 of 30 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsIn the scene with the booby trap, grenades do not detonate immediately after the pin is pulled and/or the handle released. Their fuse typically burns for several seconds so there is time to throw them and to reach their target.5 of 13 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide optionsLaurence Fishburne and Walter Goggins eventually reunited In Ant Man and the Wasp but share no scenes.3 of 7 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share thisShare this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options