简介：History,asportrayedinthisfilm,hasbeenasuccessionofconquestsofstrongerracesoverweakerones.AsplayedoutonthestageofMonumentValley,longago,tribesofIndiansdefeatedtheancientcliffdwellers;thencametheEuropeanstoconquertheIndians.Now,intheearly20thCentury,atribeofNavajoliveonareservationoverseenbyanIndian-hatingagent,Booker.HeandhismenstealthebestIndianhorsesfortheirownprofit.Nophaie,atriballeader,complainstoBooker'shigher-ups,butheisunabletogainfairtreatmentfromthewhites.WhenWorldWarIbreaksout,anArmycaptaincomeswestinsearchofthehorsesthatBookerwassupposedtohaveboughtfromtheIndiansforafairprice.MarianWarner,theteacherattheIndianSchool,hasbefriendedNophaie,teachinghimtoread;sheconvinceshimthattheGreatWarisafightforamorejustworld,andthat,whenthatworldcomes,theIndianwillbebettertreated.NophaienotonlybringshorsesfortheArmy,heandmanyotherIndiansenlist,anddistinguishthemselvesinbattle.Butwhentheycomebackafterthewarisover,theyfindlifeforIndiansevenworsethanwhentheyleft.Surely,theyfeel,itistimetofightback.ButNophaieisnotsosure.…