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Native Americans are historically known as the Indians because Christopher Columbus mistook Native Americans to be the people from Indian Subcontinent.

The history of United States can’t be completed without talking about the history of Native Americans because they were the only people in the United States before the expelled British reached this place. The culture and history of Native Americans have influenced the popular culture as well as films. American West, a film genre which is popularly criticized for portraying the Natives in a negative way are one of the examples of Native American presence in films.

However, Native American Movies were portrayed positively in some of those films. It doesn’t matter how they were portrayed in those films, one thing that we can be so sure about is that their story was present in almost every art work in the United States. There are many English films, songs, music, story and writings about the Cherokee tribes, wolves and their mystic dances. The ancient Indians had a chief for their group and are known for their crowns with bird feathers.

Some of the famous Native American Movies include;

• Annie Get Your Gun – The movie was directed by George Sydney and is considered as a great film.
• Apaches – The film was created based on some original documents and the leading actor in this film, Gojko Mitic wrote this film’s script based on the Mexican war that took place between 1846 and 1848.
• Billy Jack – The movie deals with the conflicts between a Native American youth and narrow minded locals.
• Buffalo Bill and The Indians – The movie is based on the story of Sitting Bull, one of the most recognized Native American chiefs.
• Chato’s Land – The film is about an Indian who is fighting hard to protect himself and his territory.

These are some of the most important Native American Movies were Native Indians were the central characters. However, American West films were mostly focusing on the gang war themes and Native Indians came into the movie just as the locals, which means, they had no particular involvement in most films as a leading or opposing character. However, the trend was later changed and they were featured as either good or the bad guys but in many movies, they were portrayed in a negative manner (the bad guy will be a native) and this brought a lot of criticism to the American West Films. The scenario lasted for quite some time.

However, every Native American Film and their culture is a part of history these days and are watched with much respect. If you are one of those who are willing to learn the American history, then you should not miss the Native American Films as they were the first people to occupy this land. Apart from these films and other limited resources, there are very less insights to the Native American culture as most Native Americans have already switched to the mainstream culture, which eventually resulted in losing their own identity.

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