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AMERICAN ABORIGINAL CAMPAIGNS
Buffalo Soldiers
Era: 19 th century.
Situation: The American West in the late 1870s and early 1880s focuses on the operations to subdue the Apache Victorio and his band by Buffalo Soldiers (former slaves and other African-Americans who served in the 9 th and 10 th Cavalry Regiments of the United States cavalry). Although troopers of the 9 th and 10 th participated in operations against the Apache, it is uncertain if either regiment was responsible for one of the occasions when Victorio was captured. Various measures of leadership that portray respect and disrespect based on the human character and on racial prejudices are abundant within this film.
Primary Actors: Danny Glover, Bob Gunton, and Carl Lumbly.
VHS T6539, ISBN 0-7806-2190-5, Colour / 95 Min., TNT Original / Warner Home Video, 1997.
Custer of The West
Era: 19 th century.
Situation: United States suppression of Aboriginal uprisings in the Dakotas and Montana. The film focuses on the leadership attributes and deficiencies of United States Cavalry General George Armstrong Custer with events that lead up to and include his fateful encounter with several bands of the Sioux Nation while in command of the United States 7 th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana on 24 June 1876.
Primary Actors: Robert Shaw, Jeffery Hunter, and Ty Hardin.
VHS SV10442, ISBN 0-7640-0253-8, Colour / 143 Min., American Broadcasting Company / HGV Video Productions Inc., production date unknown, distribution date, 1998.
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