Eyes of Red Fire (Native American Exploitation Films 1)
Native American Exploitation Films: "Redsploitation Films", Native Americans as "bad guys", as Savages, or "noble savages", evil spirits, Native American legends, etc."
List activity
1.9K views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
195 titles
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsJo-Ann RobinsonRichard HenchRoger MaycockA group of archeological students venture on Indian land for a dig. Unfortunately, they release an evil spirit who possesses one of them and starts killing the others.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsOliver ReedDeborah RaffinJames MitchumA Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
- DirectorTaylor SheridanStarsElizabeth OlsenJeremy RennerGraham GreeneA wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCandice BergenPeter StraussDonald PleasenceAfter a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsClark GableRicardo MontalbanJohn HodiakTrapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonJack PalanceJames WhitmoreIn 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsRichard HarrisGale SondergaardGeoffrey LewisThe English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.
- DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsKurt RussellPatrick WilsonMatthew FoxIn the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
- DirectorHarry HookStarsJon VoightGraham GreeneDavid Ogden StiersIshi, the last Yahi Indian of California, must leave his homeland and learn to navigate the world of the white man in order to survive.
- DirectorWilliam Allen CastlemanStarsVictor MohicaRalph MeekerDavid CanaryYoung American Indian gets out of the army and returns home to find his tribe victimized by a white rancher.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsJody McCreaMarie GahvaDan KempGang of sadistic cowboys let nothing stand in their way in their search for gold.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsLance BakerBetty C. BarlowGary BasarabaA Navajo police officer is mixed up in drug smuggling and murder on the reservation.
- DirectorJosé Briz MéndezStarsJoseph CottenWilliam ShatnerRosanna YanniTwin brothers, half white and half Comanche, take different paths that overlap with Johnny Moon getting blamed for Notah's violent acts until the final confrontation in Rio Hondo.
- DirectorVern PiehlStarsRay DantonDewitt LeeTroy NaborsIn the western desert a young brave avenges the deaths of his tribe in a massacre by the US Army.
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsKurt RussellTim MathesonDan O'HerlihyTo save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market. Join the epic action when a stableman, a retired gunslinger, a dried-out drunk and two sneaky rustlers, hit the dusty trail.
- StarsRalph TaegerKathie BrowneNoah Beery Jr.Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.
- DirectorEric StanzeStarsLisa MorrisonRamona MidgettWilliam CliftonThe agony and death of the Trail of Tears. A Cherokee elder, desperate to aid his people. Demons bursting into our world to destroy the entire tribe. And a great flood that washes the evil up into our modern world. The demons await the smell of the returning Cherokee's blood and soon sense the arrival of the elder's descendent. This triggers the demons' ability to possess human beings. The land that was once inhabited by the Cherokee tribe now traps six innocent victims who must unlock the riddles left behind by the Cherokee elder. Demonic possession consumes one victim after another as showers of blood drench the earth and shrieks of pain echo throughout the forest. The possessed are animalistic, frenzied killing machines, feeding on the warm meat of fresh kills. In the darkened fields, only bloodshed, violence, and terror grow now - and tonight the harvest begins.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandArthur KennedyA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsSylvester StalloneBrian DennehyRichard CrennaA veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.John Rambo
He was born on July 6, 1947, in Bowie, Arizona.
The 1972 book "First Blood" by David Morrell discloses that Rambo has an Italian father and a Navajo mother.
Murdock in First Blood (1982) says, "Of Indian and German descent. That's a hell of a combination!" - DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsSylvester StalloneRichard CrennaCharles NapierRambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there.
- DirectorPeter MacDonaldStarsSylvester StalloneRichard CrennaMarc de JongeRambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
- DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneJulie BenzMatthew MarsdenIn Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsGeorge MontgomeryKarin BoothWilliam FawcettCavalry lieutenant ordered to capture Seminole chief Black Cat, who kidnaps colonel's daughter. Lieutenant pursues tribe, leading to violent clash where his force kills hundreds of Seminoles. Black Cat surrenders after bloody battle.
- DirectorAdrian GrunbergStarsSylvester StallonePaz VegaSergio Peris-MenchetaRambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.
- StarsNeil RossAlan OppenheimerMona MarshallOn Colonel Trautman's request, John Rambo leads special unit The Force of Freedom against paramilitary terrorist organization S.A.V.A.G.E. (Specialist-Administrators of Vengeance, Anarchy and Global Extortion) all over the globe.
- DirectorFabrizio De AngelisStarsBo SvensonMark GregoryRaimund HarmstorfA native American named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and left for dead. Now he wants his revenge.
- DirectorFabrizio De AngelisStarsMark GregoryRaimund HarmstorfKaren ReelIndian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. Thunder manages to break out of the brutal prison camp and takes bloody revenge. However he cannot sufficiently protect his pregnant wife.
- DirectorFabrizio De AngelisStarsMark GregoryJohn Phillip LawHorst SchönPacifist Native American warrior, Thunder, takes on a racist militia in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after they refuse to pay $53.000 in damages for attacking and abusing him and his people and destroying their property.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsJason PatricGene HackmanRobert DuvallThe story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.
- DirectorLyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.StarsMichael GreyeyesChaske SpencerJesse EisenbergTwo men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinDelores TaylorClark HowatEx-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
- DirectorCharles B. PierceStarsTim McIntireL.Q. JonesJack ElamIn 1861 Oregon, a mountain man and his Native American wife live in a cabin built on a Paiute burial site, leading to a violent dispute with the local tribe.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsJohn VivyanBruce GordonKevin HagenIn this action-packed western, three prospectors divide and bury their gold to safeguard it from warring Apaches. Cue a series of double crosses, triple crosses, chases, and shoot-outs as greed drives the three men to murder and betrayal.
- CreatorRuth WoodmanStarsStanley AndrewsRobert TaylorRonald ReaganWestern stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsCharlton HestonSusan MorrowPeter HansenA white boy raised by the Sioux must choose sides when the Sioux threaten to go to war against the Whites.
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsDevery JacobsGlen GouldBrandon OakesRed Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJoel McCreaMaureen O'HaraLinda DarnellThe story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsDustin HoffmanFaye DunawayChief Dan GeorgeJack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsCerina VincentDominic ZamprognaGreg KeanA lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJoseph CottenLinda DarnellJeff ChandlerForced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.
- DirectorEric PhamStarsViolett BeaneElle LaMontA. Michael BaldwinAfter the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother, and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit.
- DirectorSterlin HarjoStarsWotko LongBronnson Tre HarjoJamie LoyMekko is an native American man who is released from prison. He served time for killing a cousin. Homeless, he learns that he must become a warrior to fight the "witch" preying on his people because they have lost their spirit.
- DirectorWillie DunnA musical telling of the life of the Blackfoot Chief and the betrayal and fall of his tribe with the White conquest of the Canadian West.
- DirectorWilliam A. FrakerStarsKlinton SpilsburyMichael HorseChristopher LloydThe sole surviving Texas Ranger (Klinton Spilsbury) of an ambush arranged by outlaw leader Major Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) returns to fight back as a great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsRichard HarrisMichael BeckAna De SadeWhen gold is found on Sioux lands, crooked men attempt to provoke the Sioux into a war with the army and the prospectors.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneGeraldine PageWard BondArmy dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsDorothy ComptonAurora HagenBeatrice HagenThe "fearless" Hiawatha is more of a lover than a fighter. He befriends the local forest animals and they help him when he's in a bind.
- DirectorRon JoyStarsMichele CareyHenry SilvaKeenan WynnA woman tracks down the five men who raped her, helped by an Apache.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsBurt ReynoldsAldo SambrellNicoletta MachiavelliA Native American warrior seeks revenge on the gang of sadistic scalphunters-turned-bank robbers who massacred his tribe.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsDaniel Day-LewisMadeleine StoweRussell MeansThree trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsTony CurtisSusan StrasbergMichael AnsaraA psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.
- CreatorGraham RolandStarsZahn McClarnonKiowa GordonJessica MattenFollows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsStephen McNallyJulie AdamsHugh MarloweAt Apache River Station, the passengers of a stagecoach, the owners of the station, a sheriff and his prisoner and a few ferry passengers are besieged by a band of renegade Apaches.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsNicolas CageAdam BeachPeter StormareTwo U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsGuy PearceRobert CarlyleDavid ArquetteIn a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
- DirectorDaniel BarberStarsCharlotte AspreyFrancesco QuinnRichard BrakeA white woman is kidnapped from her home by Apache Indians who then trade her to the Mojave Indians. She lives as a squaw for 11 years until she is found by her husband. Considering her unfit for society, he keeps her in a shack in the desert. Her solitary existence is transformed by the arrival of a Mexican who befriends her, reignites her self-worth, and increases her confidence. He re-introduces her to her husband, then leaves, but as he is leaving town he is ambushed by her husband's men and there is a gun battle. Who survives?
- StarsWes StudiAdam BeachAlex RiceA veteran cop returns to his childhood Navajo reservation, where his urban investigation methods sometimes clash with his partner's traditional ones.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsLee MarvinOliver ReedRobert CulpThree prospectors confront their ex-partner who, 15 years earlier, ran off with all the gold from their mine and they also plan to kidnap his wife.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKirk DouglasDewey MartinElizabeth ThreattThe success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.
- DirectorSteve Stevens Jr.StarsAmanda PaytasTimothy ParhamDonald CraigWhen a small town curse apparently comes true, a college student studying mythology goes to uncover the secrets held within.
- DirectorFranc RoddamStarsBilly WirthKevin DillonTim SampsonA group of re-enactors attempt to stage a hundred year anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. Unfortunately racial hostilities and a real gun lead to some all too real casualties, and three young Blackfoot men are caught in the middle. The film follows their flight for freedom in the face of an angry community which has mistakenly blamed them for the violence.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsJim BrownRaquel WelchBurt ReynoldsIn 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsAudie MurphyMichael BurnsKenneth TobeyThe Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defeat them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but they're stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiers.
- DirectorClaudio FragassoBruno MatteiStarsSebastian HarrisonLola FornerAlberto FarneseOutlaws attack a band of settlers and kill everyone except a pregnant woman who's rescued by a band of Indians. The woman dies giving birth but Chief White Bear adopts her male baby, naming him "Shining Sky," and raising him as brother to his own son, Black Wolf. The boys grow up together and good-naturedly compete for the affections of pretty Rising Star. In a competition, Shining Sky accidentally kills Black Wolf, is forced from the tribe, and finds work in a nearby town where he pretends to be a mute. A townswoman named Isabella flirts with him but when he spurns her she yells "Rape!" Bart Ryder, henchman of the local "Colonel," runs Shining Sky out of town, hangs him by the wrists, and leaves him to die. Crazy Bull rescues Shining Sky and takes him back to the Indian village where he's reunited with Rising Star. Ryder, however, seeks to finish the job of killing the "White Apache."
- DirectorLarry FessendenStarsPatricia ClarksonJake WeberErik Per SullivanThe legend of the Wendigo, a beast from Indian folklore who is half-man, half-deer, and can change itself at will.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsSal MineoPhilip CareyJerome CourtlandThe remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
- DirectorCharles B. PierceStarsBen JohnsonIron Eyes CodyLana WoodIn this variant of The Searchers (1956), a tough frontier trapper tracks the young Cheyenne warrior who kidnapped his daughter.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsRichard HarrisJohn HustonHenry WilcoxonLeft for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
- DirectorMichael S. OjedaStarsAmanda Adrienne SmithMarc Anthony SamuelRodney RowlandA deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.
- DirectorJose Zambrano CassellaStarsJessica BlackmoreLauren BrownDavid MackeyA group of students travel to a remote and sacred Native American patch of land, in order to complete a thesis on Native American Folklore. This distant swamp area was used hundreds of years ago to judge and to punish murderous criminals. The land itself has magical powers, making it possible for the dead to come back and punish the guilty. -Sins can come back and kill you-
- DirectorRodolfo de AndaStarsJorge RiveroMario AlmadaJorge RussekA greedy land developer steals the land from an Apache Indian tribe. His plan involves shooting most of the Apaches but an Apache warrior survives and gets revenge.
- DirectorMike J. MarinStarsAlicia AcevedoJustin HoughAdam KesselA paranormal research group is called in to investigate the aggressive supernatural activity of a Native American cultural center.
- DirectorWill KlipstineStarsIrene BedardMadeleine McGrawWill KlipstineWhen a man with a dark secret sees his daughter threatened with eternal damnation, he seeks help from an unpopular Native American seer.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBen JohnsonA cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
- DirectorJames IsaacStarsJason BehrElias KoteasRhona MitraA 12-year-old boy and his mother become the targets of two warring werewolf packs, each with different intentions and motives.
- DirectorJosh CrookStarsSamantha ScaffidiSamhainParis CampbellA fracking crew drills on sacred Native American land unleashing an ancient demon. There are only two ways out of the woods, succumb to the demon or die.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsBruce BoxleitnerMichael HorseAdoni MaropisAncient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local townspeople.
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerMary McDonnellGraham GreeneLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraJeff ChandlerJohn McIntireMajor Howell Brady arrives in Indian Territory in hopes of recruiting peaceful, relocated Seminoles to help the army fight rampaging Kiowas.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsKurt RussellTim MathesonBrian KeithTwo brothers search the west for their sister, who was kidnapped as a child and is now living with a tribe of Indians.
- DirectorMario GandolfoStarsMike CarrafaPat KellyBen ByrdThe story is set in and around legendary Tombstone Arizona in 1881 it's a blood feud between Geronimo and an Arizona territory rancher..
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsTalia ShireRobert FoxworthArmand AssanteA government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.
- DirectorKieth MerrillStarsTrevor HowardNick RamusJames RemarIn 1797 Utah, an aged Cheyenne patriarch helps his kin to fight off a raiding party of rival Crow warriors and he tells his grandchildren the story of their family.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsClint WalkerEdd ByrnesJohn RussellIn 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsDale RobertsonMartha HyerWendell CoreyIn 1871 Arizona, an escaped outlaw survives an Indian attack and helps a trading-post family retrieve their kidnapped son from marauding Apaches.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppArmie HammerWilliam FichtnerNative American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefPatrick O'NealThe El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsVal KilmerSam ShepardGraham GreeneA young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
- DirectorChristopher ThiesStarsTim R. MorganMike MagriCharles MajkaPeople are being killed off near a popular mountain lodge, with a legend claiming that the mountain is haunted by a deadly Native American demonic curse.
- DirectorCurt GedaDan RibaFrank SquillaceStarsIyari LimonRick MoraAdam GiffordWhile defending his tribe from a bloodthirsty enemy tribe, a Native American warrior named Turok finds himself in a prehistoric dinosaur world along with his nephew, sister-in-law, and the sadistic leader of the other tribe.
- DirectorDave WascavageStarsSue Lynn SanchezBill UshlerDave BonavitaWhen a giant blood-thirsty anthropoid goes on a killing spree in a sprawling suburban park area, it's up to a couple of rangers, a reporter and a mystical Native-American warrior to try and stop it.
- DirectorRaffaele DonatoJoe D'AmatoStarsFrank BaroniCort McCownKeith KelschSeveral young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra PagetTom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- DirectorAlberto Ivan Garcia MendozaStarsJohn TagueMichele MartinKelsey BohlenDeep in the mountains of Southern California a team of four explorers embark on a journey to find a priceless artifact. Their inner most deadly desires begin to take control of them as they get closer to finding what they seek.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill PoulterA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
- DirectorMiles DoleacStarsSherri EakinCreek WilsonRitchie MontgomeryA married couple, trying to rebuild their relationship after an affair, travels to a secluded cabin and stumbles into a blood feud between the Native American owners of the property and the neighboring clan, who obsessively guard their land and punish those who trespass on it in terrifying ways.
- DirectorGeorge GageStarsSteve KanalyKaren CarlsonMacon McCalmanA soldier who deserted because of spiritual beliefs was tried and evaluated by four psychiatrists, and they all concluded that he was unable to distinguish right from wrong, so he was sentenced to a mental hospital. One day, he escapes and kidnaps them and leaves them all in the middle of the desert.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsScott ShepherdRosamund PikeAva CooperIn 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.