Amador County – The Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel brings a trio of award-winning Indian comics, the group “Pow Wow Comedy Jam” for an Oct. 1 show.

Carol Cook Content Developer for Marketing said people can “follow the Trail of Laughs” and “experience the sacred clowns of the past delivered through the modern comedy voices of the present.”

Named the National Indian Gaming Association’s Entertainers of the Year for 2010, Pow Wow Comedy Jam “delivers all-out laughs Indian-style.” All three appeared on the historic Showtime special, “Goin’ Native: The American Indian Comedy Slam.” The show is “clean and hilarious,” Cook said.

Pow Wow Comedy Jam features Marc Yaffee (Aztec/Navajo), Howie Miller (Cree) and Vaughn Eaglebear (Colville/Lakota).

Marc Yaffee said he “was adopted at birth and has been confused ever since.” He pokes fun at the seemingly endless contradictions in his life, with “original comedy that people from all walks of life can relate to.”

“I’m a Mexican Irish Navajo, Mexi-jo,” Yaffe said. “My ancestors exploited my own ancestors. I feel guilty and oppressed.”

“A lady asked me after a show, is it true you Navajos in your travels, you’re guided by outer voices? I’m like, Yeah, it’s called an On-star Navigation System.”

Vaughn Eaglebear, nicknamed the Frybread Assassin, and his original brand of one-liner comedy, is unconventional and thought-provoking material. An accomplished Pow Wow drummer and emcee, Eaglebear also wrote the song “John Wayne’s Teeth” for the movie “Smoke Signals.”

“The Cleveland Indians are going to change their name,” Eaglebear said. “They don’t want to be known as a team that perpetuates racial stereotypes. From now on they’re just going to be called the Indians.”

Howie Miller, one of Canada’s top comedians, has performed at top Canadian festivals, including the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Halifax Comedy Festival, and the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.

Miller’s landed a role on the Canadian hit show “Caution May Contain Nuts” where he also serves as one of the writers.

“Survivor, I can’t stand that show,” he said. “No Indians…It’s probably a good idea, because they’re not gonna vote me off the island. They’re just gonna vote me to the crappy part of the island and leave me there for 200 years.”

General admission is $40, and Dreamcatcher’s Club members can get half off tickets at the Jackson Rancheria Box Office or by phone.

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