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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3602343, member: 2504"] Many years ago my wife and I went to a lecture about classic movies at the local high school. The subject of the treatment of Indians in John Ford and John Wayne movies came up. The people running the program basically blasted Ford and Wayne on the subject, focusing on the various negative references as savages and such. My wife and I pointed out to them that the in many of their movies, while these movies were basically told from the white man's point of view at the time, the Indians were given motivations for their actions, such as they were taking action due to the white man violating various treaties, the bad treatment they got from people profiting from their expense, and such. An example from "The Searchers" is when the Indian Chief says he takes many scalps in revenge for the killing of his sons. Also, there is more than one John Wayne western movie where his character basically states that the Indian way is an honorable way of life. [/QUOTE]