Chief John Big Tree
Birthday: 1877-06-02
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Biography: Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Devil's Doorway (1950). He died on July 6, 1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. One of three men who posed for artist James Fraser for the profile which became the famous "Indian head nickel" or "buffalo nickel" minted 1913-1938. The other two were Chief Two Moons (of the Cheyenne) and Chief Iron Tail (of the Lakota Sioux). The image was reused for a special commemorative $50 gold piece in 2006--the USA's first 24k (pure gold) coin. Big Tree was a member of the Seneca Nation.
Movies
Stagecoach
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo...
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Devil's Doorway
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people....
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Western Union
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The Girl of the Golden West
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer....
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The Overland Telegraph
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Sioux Blood
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The Red Rider
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The Iron Horse
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Lost Horizon
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Hudson's Bay
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hu...
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The Frontier Trail
Dolly Mainard, en route to her father, a major at Fort Blaine, is escorted through dangerous Sioux t...
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Painted Ponies
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Red Fork Range
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The Huntress
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Wheels of Destiny
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Susannah of the Mounties
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor o...
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The Last of the Mohicans
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Custer's Last Stand
Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous hist...
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The Oregon Trail
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Orego...
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Destry Rides Again
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the...
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Drums Along the Mohawk
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the M...
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Winners Of The Wilderness
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Hills of Old Wyoming
An evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlem...
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his ...
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The Frontiersman
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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The Singing Vagabond
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The Bold Caballero
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Mantrap
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The Telegraph Trail
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Brigham Young
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North West Mounted Police
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave...
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Prairie Thunder
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Too Many Girls
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The Primitive Lover
A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adv...
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A Fight For Love
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King of the Arena
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Spoilers of the West
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Maid of Salem
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The Desert's Toll
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The Golden West
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The Spirit of '76
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
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The Big Trail
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Las Vegas Nights
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Maintain the Right
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The Avenging Arrow
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