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Topics: Comparing the 1932 and 1992 versions of The Last of the Mohicans with each other and with the James Fenimore Cooper novel might yield interesting insights about Native American demands for rights and respect and white society's reaction to them. Similarly, a comparison of Canadian and U.S. films featuring Native American issues might allow analysis of similarities and differences between the two democracies and their treatment of native peoples.

Another interesting topic might be the comparison of images of the Native American warrior as avenger of wrongs in documentaries like Incident at Oglala and Warrior with traditional (or not so traditional) Hollywood films.

Films Featuring Native Americans and Law

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

The Brave (1997)

The Broken Cord (TVM 1992)

Cade's County (TVM 1971)

Captain Apache (1971)

Centennial (

Clearcut (1992). Environmental thriller.

Dances With Wolves (1990). The Kevin Costner epic about a U.S. soldier who finds much to admire about his supposed enemies.

The Daring Dobermans (1973)

Fort Apache (1948)

How the West Was Won (TV Miniseries, 1978).

I Will Fight No More Forever

Incident at Oglala

Jim Thorpe, All-American (1951). Biopic about the Native American Olympic star.

The Last of the Mohicans (1932).

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Nakia (TVM 1974)

Naturally Native (1998). Three Native American sisters try to sell their natural beauty products.

Pillars of the Sky (1956). Native Americans, feeling their treaty with the U.S. government has been breached by the white men, declare war.

The Sweet Hereafter ().

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969). A Native American kills his girlfriend's father.

Thunderheart (1992). An FBI agent returns to his roots to investigate a crime.

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998). A racist lynches a Native American teenager.

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier (1992).

Werewolf (1996). The Native Americans assisting at an archaeological dig recognize some bones as those of a werewolf.

Where the Spirit Lives (1989). A young Canadian Indian girl is sent to a government-run school to learn the ways of white society. This real life Canadian government policy resulted in the loss of Canadian Native American identity as well as resentment, poverty and the ultimate failure of Native Americans to be accepted into white society.

Windrunner (1995). The ghost of Jim Thorpe helps a young man develop as an athlete.