The final installment in the seasonal threads. 
sounds perfect Ford used Navajo people to portray the Cheyenne. Dialogue that is supposed to be in the "Cheyenne language" is actually Navajo. This made little difference to white audiences, but for Navajo communities the film became very popular because the Navajo actors were openly using ribald and crude language that had nothing to do with the film. For example, during the scene where the treaty is signed, the chief's solemn speech just pokes fun at the size of the colonel's penis. Some academics now consider this an important moment in the development of Native Americans' identity because they are able to mock Hollywood's historical interpretation of the American West
i'll have to ask some Diné abt this
this is a somewhat painful watch - i investigated the real story enough to discover little wolf lived to be 82 and died at home in the powder river country - also dolores del rio's character's name is 'spanish woman' - so i'm over my snit about her being credited that way. terror of savage 'others' sadly still common in our racist republic 
