In 1991, the movie Dances with Wolves was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and won seven of them, including Best Picture of the Year. This was originally a novel by Michael Blake in 1986 but became a movie in 1990 and was directed and produced by Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson. The main characters were Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner), Stands With a Fist (Mary McDonnell), and Kicking Bird (Graham Greene). This movie was set in 1864 and told the story of a soldier named John Dunbar who chose to live on a military post after almost ending his life in battle. He lived near the Sioux tribe, who was not accepting of him at first because he was a US soldier. They soon became fond of him as time went on. He bonded with a woman named Stands With a
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Throughout the movie, it is seen by the Native’s actions that the Natives were scared of the Americans because they were expanding westward. In the movie, the Natives were fearful of the Americans because the Natives knew they were going to have their land taken and dominated by the military. In the year this movie was made, which was 1864, the Natives were in conflict with Americans who were descendents from European countries. This event is called ‘The Long Walk’ after the US military took the Navajo off their land in less than two months. A website called Crow Canyon Archaeological Center stated, “More than 8,500 men, women, and children were forced to leave their homes in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. In the dead of winter, they made the three hundred-plus-mile trek to a desolate internment camp along the Pecos River in eastern New Mexico called the Bosque Redondo Reservation, where the military maintained an outpost, Fort Sumner.” Although this had nothing to do with the Sioux, they still were seen as a target and could have been taken from their land at any given moment. The Long Walk was only one event of many that the Natives were kicked out of their land because …show more content…
On Indians.org they explained how they didn’t just use animals for meat, they felt as if they were spiritually connected to them. They explained that, “The animals were revered as spirits, and although they were hunted and killed, their skins and hides were used as clothing and drums, their meat was never wasted, and their spirits lived on in the mind of the tribes.” In the movie, there was several parts where they were celebrating and banging on drums. For example, after the big bison stampede they went back to their land at night and were celebrating and thanking John Dunbar for helping them catch the bison. They also showed the Natives giving Lt. Dunbar a bison blanket for helping them, and for what Dunbar gave them which was his jacket. Aside from that, they are also very family orientated; and they don’t have to be related for them to treat each other like family. They see family as someone who is always there for you and will help you through things. Encyclopedia.com states, “American Indians would define family as members made up of fictive and non-fictive kin (blood related and non-blood related), extended family, tribal community, and the nation of American Indians as a whole today. In this regard, one is never alone or without family, a kinship network.” It is interesting to see that they have two types of “family” and it shows how close they are to their tribe. It
Throughout the movie, it is seen by the Native’s actions that the Natives were scared of the Americans because they were expanding westward. In the movie, the Natives were fearful of the Americans because the Natives knew they were going to have their land taken and dominated by the military. In the year this movie was made, which was 1864, the Natives were in conflict with Americans who were descendents from European countries. This event is called ‘The Long Walk’ after the US military took the Navajo off their land in less than two months. A website called Crow Canyon Archaeological Center stated, “More than 8,500 men, women, and children were forced to leave their homes in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. In the dead of winter, they made the three hundred-plus-mile trek to a desolate internment camp along the Pecos River in eastern New Mexico called the Bosque Redondo Reservation, where the military maintained an outpost, Fort Sumner.” Although this had nothing to do with the Sioux, they still were seen as a target and could have been taken from their land at any given moment. The Long Walk was only one event of many that the Natives were kicked out of their land because …show more content…
On Indians.org they explained how they didn’t just use animals for meat, they felt as if they were spiritually connected to them. They explained that, “The animals were revered as spirits, and although they were hunted and killed, their skins and hides were used as clothing and drums, their meat was never wasted, and their spirits lived on in the mind of the tribes.” In the movie, there was several parts where they were celebrating and banging on drums. For example, after the big bison stampede they went back to their land at night and were celebrating and thanking John Dunbar for helping them catch the bison. They also showed the Natives giving Lt. Dunbar a bison blanket for helping them, and for what Dunbar gave them which was his jacket. Aside from that, they are also very family orientated; and they don’t have to be related for them to treat each other like family. They see family as someone who is always there for you and will help you through things. Encyclopedia.com states, “American Indians would define family as members made up of fictive and non-fictive kin (blood related and non-blood related), extended family, tribal community, and the nation of American Indians as a whole today. In this regard, one is never alone or without family, a kinship network.” It is interesting to see that they have two types of “family” and it shows how close they are to their tribe. It