Redskin
(1929, 83 min. Silent. Black and white and Technicolor. 35mm.) US
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Pickett

In this classic from 1929, Wing Foot (played by 1920s heartthrob Richard Dix) is a Navajo who, as a child, was abducted and raised in a government boarding school. Having learned the ways of non-Native society, he is trapped between worlds. Surprisingly insightful about the cultural clashes between races and between different tribes, Redskin was a film ahead of its time. Shot on location in New Mexico at Acoma Pueblo, White Sands, Gallup, Albuquerque and Canyon de Chelly, it uses theTechnicolor process for parts of the film.

NMAI screenings of the film are accompanied by live, original music by Native band, National Braid: Brad Kahlhamer and Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache).

Image credit: Stills from Redskin