Full film via youtube.com
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Introductory overview of the historical origins of Indian tribes that play into U.S. history.
The documentary is done in the generic, disembodied-voice-of-an-omniscient-white-man style that anthropologists are taught to disdain. But to the films credit, there is little "noble savage" sentiment.
The film provides information about the historical development of plains Indians from nomadic hunter/gatherer to transhumance pastoralist to nomadic horse warrior.
Additional worthwhile insight is given concerning the role of the horse, brought by Europeans, and the role of Buffalo, hunted en masse by virtue of the horse, in forming the media-portrayed Indian we all recognize today.
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