Question: Which Spokane actor writes about his Indigenous American ancestry and wrote the screenplay for a 1998 film direct by Chris Eyre?
Sentence (from "Smoke Signals (film)"): Smoke Signals is a Canadian-American independent film released in 1998, directed and co-produced by Chris Eyre and with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on the short story "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his book "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" (1993).
Relevant evidence: Yes