Native Americans in popular culture media is the Lone Ranger's sidekick, Tonto, most famously portrayed by Native American actor Jay Silverheels. James Fenimore Cooper featured a character called "The Sagamore" in his novel "The Last of the Mohicans". Rick, the protagonist of Simon Spurrier's novel, "The Culled" (2006, book 1 of The Afterblight Chronicles), belongs to the Haudenosaunee people and is guided through crises by the sachem. Another character, named Hiawatha, saves Rick's life and advises him the Tadodaho have said Rick and Hiawatha are aligned. Throughout Sherman Alexie's poem, "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" he states that all of the Indians
Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (born 1967) is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in "Foyle's War", he has also appeared on television in "Recovery" with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, "Hot Money", "Bad Crowd", "A Touch of Frost", "Casualty", "Primeval", "The Bill", "Peep Show", "Rome", "Ashes to Ashes", "Murder in Suburbia" and "Soundproof". Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother. His films include "Hush Your Mouth", "The Holiday",