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When his father killed another brave, Thomas Black Bull and his parents sought refuge in the wilderness. There they took up life as it had been in the old days, hunting and fishing, battling for survival. But an accident claimed the father's life and the grieving mother died shortly afterward. Left alone, the young Indian boy vowed never to retum to the white man's world, to the alien laws that had condemned his father.
Synopsis:
Betrayed by both the white man and his own people, a Ute Indian tries to obliterate all trace of the heritage of his fathers.
thomass blackbull, January 18, 2007 (view all comments by thomass blackbull)
thomas in the movie when the legend dies with richaard widmark went back to the indians but in fact left to brazil and worked clearing the fafalas and saving the chhildren and woman from horror. He became the Chief of the 'Red Commsnd' and he was in brazil for 15 years. and won 20 world rodeo titles annd is in the 'World Cowboy Hall of Fame' in all the Countty of South America. He was not in the movie 'when the legend dies .that was an actor. the movie was made in 1971 and released in June 1972 still showing world wide.
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