American indian dvd movie#

Some people consider The Searchers to have one of the most negative portrayals ever of Native Americans, while others consider it to be one of the most positive.

American indian dvd movie#

What one person considers the best movie ever made, someone else may consider one of the worst. I realize that the term 'best' is very subjective when it comes to discussing movies. Magua in Last of the Mohicans (1992), Scar in The Searchers, Captain Jack in Drum Beat, Toriano in Arrowhead, Ulzana in Ulzana's Raid, Massai in Apache and Geronimo are just a few portrayals that can be considered positive when examined from a Native point of view. I think a case can be made for several movie representations of Native Americans, who can be viewed as patriots, fighting against an alien invading force. There have been some strong portrayals of Indians in the movies. History is written by the winners but that doesn't mean that we have to go along with the traditional Hollywood view of Native Americans. Hopefully, all the movies included in this list will have some redeeming values in viewing native Americans, and the views prevalent towards them in the times the movies were made. Others, like Dances with Wolves, will have a view that some may consider too idealistic. Some of the movies, such as in Ulzana's Raid, will have Native American portrayals that some may consider to be negative. The biggest factor for me was how good the movie was.

In considering which movies to include I have considered how big a role Indians had in the movie's plot, how well the movie showed the Native Americans lifestyle, how the Indians were portrayed and how good the movie was. I consider this era to be up to around the time of Wounded Knee in 1890. The movies listed here focuses on Native Americans living in their traditional ways. This web site is attempting to list some of the best movies ever made about American Indians in the pre-assimilation era.