History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians defeated the ancient cliff dwellers; then came the Europeans to conquer the Indians. Now, in the early 20th Century, a tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent, Booker. He and his men steal the best Indian horses for their own profit. Nophaie, a tribal leader, compl... (Full plot summary below)
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History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians defeated the ancient cliff dwellers; then came the Europeans to conquer the Indians. Now, in the early 20th Century, a tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent, Booker. He and his men steal the best Indian horses for their own profit. Nophaie, a tribal leader, complains to Booker's higher-ups, but he is unable to gain fair treatment from the whites. When World War I breaks out, an Army captain comes west in search of the horses that Booker was supposed to have bought from the Indians for a fair price. Marian Warner, the teacher at the Indian School, has befriended Nophaie, teaching him to read; she convinces him that the Great War is a fight for a more just world, and that, when that world comes, the Indian will be better treated. Nophaie not only brings horses for the Army, he and many other Indians enlist, and distinguish themselves in battle. But when they come back after the war is over, they find life for Indians even worse than when they left. Surely, they feel, it is time to fight back. But Nophaie is not so sure.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt was the first feature film to sympathetically tell of the contemporary plight of American Indians. |
| User Reviewbernard aNotable for its empathy toward Native Americans and its interracial romance, this early film highlights the involvement of 'First Americans' in WWI. Early segments also detail their origin history, in which a cliff-dweller battle of remarkable scale is staged. |
| User ReviewMichael TLavish, historically important silent epic. |
| User ReviewChristopher SI'm sure it's message is an important one and was ahead of its time, but any 2-hour silent movie is tough to watch these days. Probably the first half hour could have been cut without doing any damage to the story. |
