A recent post has made me wonder about Indians in the movies. I'm sorry, I meant to say, "Native Americans in the movies". The good Indians are always the Sioux or the Cheyenne. The bad ones are almost always the Crow. Why is that when the Crow never fought us and always allied themselves with us? This was a result of their chief, Plenty Coups (the name says a lot about the man). He had a dream that the white man would come and sweep over the land. He even saw a locomotive in his dream. A disproportionate number of Medals of Honor were given to Crow scouts. I am sure there are politics involved here, but I can't quite place my finger on it.
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