North American people were depicted in the last century either as to be proud, independent, strong and honourable people or bloodthirsty savages. This gave the impression that native people were all amazing fighters yet unintelligent. Hollywood had little to no understanding of Indian language or culture. In early Hollywood Westerns, most of the background Indians were real Native Americans. Native Americans were seen as props in movies. Even the major speaking roles for American Indians would still go to non-Native
