10 Must See Native American Movies Based on True Stories
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
This movie shares the story of Native American people during the time of 1860 and 1870s. It shares details about how they were treated during the time of being forced into Reservations.
There are notable people in this movie such as the Famous Sitting bull and also Red Cloud. This was the time after the Battle of Little Bighorn that had the famous warrior, Crazy Horse involved in those famous battles.
The movie was adapted by the book with the same title and was written by Dee Brown.
Honourable Mention – Avatar
Obviously Avatar is not Native American people but it clearly shows a metaphor of what happened in North America.
Here you have a story of people who come into a new land and want to take the resources of the new world.
During the time of 1491, explorers started to come into America. Their land was becoming depleted of resources and they found this land full of great abundance and came in and started to ravish the land.
This movie shares a lot of the things that the Native American people faced and are still facing till this day. Native American people are still fighting for their land and their resources because they think 7 generations ahead when making crucial decisions about the land.
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