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Bartleby

Fun fact. When John Wayne returns and sees his brother’s house on fire and finds his brothers family dead. That shot, imagery and scene was paid homage to by George Lucas in the very first and original Star Wars movie from 77. When Luke Skywalker returns to his home to find it smoldering and his aunt and uncle dead. Lucas was intentionally paying homage to director John Ford and this film, The Searchers.

Jul_Belton

Mountains with flat tops are called mesas. The Comanche are a real tribe, and they did assimilate a lot of captives into their nation, but they lost most of their people in the Indian Wars.

Chris Baldwin

The area where this, and many other John Ford film's, was filmed is called Monument Valley. The whole area sits on an Indian Reservation. They make money by giving tourist's horse ride tour's through the area. I would love to see you react to Wayne's final film, "The Shootist". I also star's Ron Howard (Opie Taylor), John Carradine and Jimmy Stewart.

Chris Baldwin

One of our cat's is named after "Scar", but we use the untranslated name "Seka Treese".

Chris Baldwin

Lieutenant Greenhill, the young boy in uniform, is Patrick Wayne, John's son.

Chris Baldwin

I live 10 miles from Akwasasne, the Native American Reservation for the Mohawk Tribe. Yes, there are many Tribe's throughout the U.S.. To name a few there's the Crow; the Cherokee; the Sioux; the Pawnee; the Apache and the Blackfeet. I was Stationed at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma when I was in the Army in the late 70's. That was where Chief Geronimo, of the Apache, was held until his death.

Bill Bryant

I do love westerns, and they just don't get any better than John Wayne. The history of the fights with the Indians is a sad one, and too many people lost their lives needlessly. Numerous books on it, you might look up "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" Or a fact-based novel called "From Where the Sun Now Stands". Anyway. Great review, let us know when you want more western titles!

Dennis Shogren

Count me in and ready to sign up when you start your westerns only second channel!

Ted Little

You really should watch "Stagecoach" (1939) the John Ford film that made John Wayne a star.

Wayne Kryka

See TRUE GRIT and THE SHOOTIST (both John Wayne movies)

Wayne Kryka

You should also see THE WILD BUNCH, and THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (a Clint Eastwood movie)

Lee Pitman

The Searchers is based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas-Native American wars. The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th century. Although several native tribes occupied territory in the area, the preeminent nation was the Comanche, known as the "Lords of the Plains". Their territory, the Comancheria, was the most powerful entity and persistently hostile to the Spanish, the Mexicans, the Texans, and finally the Americans. The Comanche were known as fierce warriors, with a reputation for looting, burning, murdering, and kidnapping. They took young women and girls and would kill adults and boys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%E2%80%93Indian_wars#Further_reading The Missing (2003) starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett is an updated version of the story.