Chad

Brian Cyburt - "Manifest Destiny"

Chad is part of a group of re-enactors in the old western town of Cain’s End, where the actors recreate for visitors the town’s allegedly historic reconciliation between white and Indigenous people after years of acrimony. Chad plays the Indigenous young man whom the Sheriff’s daughter, Claire, falls in love with. When podcasters Rosalie and Jeremy, who is Lakota, come to film the re-enactment and visit the town, Chad is full of puppy-like enthusiasm to meet an actual Native American, and he’s very excited to get some tips from Jeremy on how to make his character more authentic. Though Chad is oblivious in a lot of ways, he’s courageous and helpful to Claire and their guests when things turn dangerous…