In the United States, Native Americans are considered to be people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation's modern boundaries. These peoples were composed of numerous distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups, and many of these groups survive intact today as sovereign nations.
Native American Indians are an integral part of this genre of films.
Western films have depicted native Americans in good as well as in dark
light. Depends upon who’s writing the film.
Dances with wolves (1990)
Release date: November 9, 1990 (USA)
Plot:
A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota
Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle, he chooses to
leave his former life behind to be with them. Having observed him, they
give the name Dances With Wolves. Soon he is a welcomed member of the
tribe and falls in love with a white woman who has been raised in the tribe. Tragedy results when Union soldiers arrive with designs on the land.
Plot:
When
a curious oral historian (William Hickey) turns up to hear the life
story of 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), he can scarcely
believe his ears. Crabb tells of having been rescued and raised by the
Cheyenne, of working as a snake-oil salesman, as a gunslinger, and as a
mule skinner under Gen. Custer (Richard Mulligan). As
if those weren't astonishing enough, he also claims to be the only
white survivor of the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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