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Cheyenne Autumn : Captain Wessels Moves His Troop and the Cheyenne Tribe

Captain Wessels (Karl Maden) is notified that government officials will not be arriving to provide relief to the Cheyenne tribe after a year of waiting for Federal aid. Deborah Wright (Caroll Baker), a school teacher, implores the captain to remind the government of their promise. The tribe proceeds to leave.

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full shot, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, one-shot, two-shot, wide angle

Diversity in Media Representation

Indigenous: Native American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"Captain Wessels Moves His Troop and the Cheyenne Tribe" in Cheyenne Autumn. Directed by John Ford, Ford-Smith Productions, 1964, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2578

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