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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
UNITED STATES · 1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson

Robert Altman
American frontier mythology Native American resistance spectacle and exploitation historical revisionism political intrigue
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Synopsis

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

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