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Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

1985 • 1h0m Documentary

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Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. Poverty and isolation combine with outside pressures to undermine the tribe, but they resist defeat as "Contrary Warriors," defying the odds.

Details

Director

Connie Poten

Screenplay

Beth Ferris

Connie Poten

Cast

Peter Coyote

Robert Yellowtail

Release date

11/1/1985

Status

Released

Origin country

US