Braveheart (1925 film)
Braveheart is a 1925 silent film western directed by Alan Hale, Sr. and starring Rod La Rocque. The story focuses on members of a tribe of Indians who are being intimidated by the owners of a canning company seeking to violate the treaty protecting the tribes fishing grounds.
Nipo Strongheart was able to include Indians not dressed up in Indian costumes and succeeding in redressing wrongs done to them however much the lead role was still a white man in Indian costume.The court sequence is heavily and multiply textualized conveying legal arguments and judgements that refer to treaties. the judges decision parses the meaning of the treaty text itself We have examined the Federal treaty with the Indians and find that it gives them the right to fish where and when they please, without limitation by State tax or private ownership. ........
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