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I remember leaving the theater stunned, angry, just every emotion! Wind in is His Hair shouting down to Dances With Wolves that he is his friend will forever be one of my favorite movie scenes!! Chills! Beautiful film.

Young man, I was born and raised in Alaska in 1945. I am a great grandmother and we have many tribes here. I just wanted to say with an open heart of gratitude, my appreciation for your narrative of an open heart and a loving mind to humanity in all its beauty and forms.many blessings upon you.

2:45 Hi, history major and future Minnesota history teacher here! This is set during the late Civil War, Dunbar is a soldier for the Union army fighting Confederate soldiers in this scene. Your later analysis that Dunbar didn’t seem very passionate about the war he was participating in was true for a lot of Union soldiers. We sort of romanticize Union soldiers as these impassioned freedom fighters, but the reality was that the Civil War being so bloody and brutal meant that the majority of soldiers were more worn out and discouraged than anything (this is reflected in Dunbar’s suicide attempt.) We’re talking about a war that lasted four years. 14:15 This is set roughly in the 1860’s, everything west of Minnesota in the plains region was considered “Dakota territory.” The people being portrayed here are a part of a larger Oceti S’akowin (Sioux) nation, made up of three main bands; Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota. I believe the people here are meant to be Lakota! This movie is far from perfect in some of its handling of the history it’s meant to convey - but for a lot of people (myself included) it was the first time they were introduced to an alternative perspective on settler colonialism. If I had to trace my love for history back to only a few things, one of them would probably be seeing this movie so many times as a kid. Glad you enjoyed. 🫶🏼

My parents first showed me this movie because of the message, but at the end they were shocked because i just sobbed. I was little and it was the first time it really hit me that all the terrible stories from history happened to real people. They lost most of everyone they knew and loved, and there is nothing that can be done to change it, it already happened. I view everything so differently now since this movie.

Please watch The Last of the Mohicans (1992)! You'll love the score as well as the storyline. You'll soon recognize actors from Dances with Wolves in this one.

"you're on their land messin ish up" is the best quote I've ever heard on a reaction channel!

i am from the apache nation. when i see this film i see the difference of life between the natives and non. we know and have a name for every living thing on our planet. even the wind. i love listening to the sioux language

I have cousins on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where this was filmed. I grew up in the Black Hills, about 2 hours away from this whole area. It was a BIG DEAL in the Native community. I remember we got to go to a special free screening of it because my dad is a tribal member. One of my favorite film scores ever. John Barry is amazing. Great reaction!

To this day, this is still one of the very best films I have ever seen. Top 3 for sure.

I'm sure someone else said it in the comments somewhere but my favorite trivia from this movie is that the buffalo/bison running towards Smiles a Lot during the hunting scene was trained and running towards its favorite snack, Oreo cookies 😂❤❤

The first time I watched the first Avatar movie, I remember thinking James Cameron had just made a copy of Dances With Wolves. It's the same story in a different but similar setting.

I saw an interview with Kevin Costner. He said if he realized the huge undertaking making this movie would be, he might have never done it lol. He also said they tried using coyotes and dog/wolf hybrids for Two Socks, but it just didn’t look real, so they took on the task of using a real wolf!

The opening scene takes place during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. Dunbar is an officer in the Union Army (the Northern side). If you want to watch another great film about this period in American history you should check out Glory. It's about the first regiment of black soldiers in the US Army, and it stars Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, Andre Braugher and Denzel Washington (who won his first Oscar for that film).

This was the mainstream debut of the great Wes Studi, who played one of the Pawnee warriors. He's incredible as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans, and he's also in Heat and Avatar. The Academy finally gave him an honorary award in 2019--the first indigenous North American to be recognized. Graham Greene, who plays Kicking Bird, is also in several other well-known movies.

Masterpiece of a film! We must learn to quit mocking and destroying everything we don't understand. If we can't have the appropriate conversations to increase our understanding, humanity is doomed.

I really appreciated your perspective on how “the place you were born may not spiritually connect with you”. I am from California, but after college I moved to East Asia without knowing anyone there. I loved it so much. I then moved to Europe and got my masters. I now live back in California, but feel more isolated than ever. I like me better when I am the minority; I feel like the things I learned and the tiny obstacles I would encounter on a daily basis made me a better person.

"Frank! Frank! I am Ginger Bread Man! Can you see I am your friend?! I will always be your friend!" Seriously though, I knew you'd love this movie and that I'd love your reaction to it. I also love what you said early on in saying If you go looking for things to hate about a people, you'll find it. I came to that realization a long time ago and have been trying to teach my children and grandchildren to see the best in others and to bring out the best in others. Now, I'd recommend The Last Samurai if you haven't seen it. Cheers Frank! Keep it up! ❤️😎👍💯🔥

The next movie to watch along similar lines is The Last Samurai. Master and Commander is less similar but I’ll recommend it every time.

When Stands with a Fist is talking with Kicking Bird when she was first recovering, she said she was afraid she would be taken away by the soldiers. Well, it turns out she was. Just not exactly how she thought she would be.

Much of this was filmed in South Dakota. The final scenes (winter camp) were in a beautiful place called Spearfish Canyon which is older than the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I visited Spearfish Canyon in the 90’s and there were markers posted showing where the movie was shot. Among its Oscar awards, it won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Cinematography.

As others have said, this was the Civil War. Men from rich and/or powerful families were immediately made officers. They hired their own private physicians even though officers rarely were within danger of being fired upon. The private physicians were the top quality in their field. Medical care for the lower ranks were hacks, often drunks. Infection was easily spread from patient to patient since surgeons and medical staff did not wash or even rinse hands and surgical tools between patients. The upper ranks who brought their own private physicians were present to treat only one patient: the officer who hired them and paid for their services out of their own pockets. Dunbar was facing amputation which would impact the rest of his life. There was far less provision for amputees in that time, plus it would also impact his marriage options and therefore having a family life. Dunbar was lucky to sneak away with is injury, painful though movement was. Having gotten away,, he escaped not just amputation, but serious infection; infection killed more men than direct bullets. Dunbar's decision to ride across No Man's Land (the space between lines of armed opposition) was also lucky for him. It changed the dynamics of the battle encounter, not just distracting the Confederates but raising the spirits of the Union soldiers, leading to their charge and winning the day. This lead to another lucky opportunity: his superior being so impressed and appreciative that he put Dunbar under the care of his private physician, saving his foot and shielding him from the worst of battleground infection. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Fambrough, who sends Dunbar to the deserted fort, is insane. He considers himself a king, speaks of the frontier as a 'realm', considers Dunbar a 'knight', and the mule-wagon provisioner Timmons a 'peasant'. Likely the major suffers from syphilis and utilizes the standard treatment recommended at the time (mercury). Both syphilis and mercury will make a person insane. As Dunbar leaves with Timmons,, there is the sound of the major's gun going off. The major told no one and did not leave written that Dunbar had been assigned to that fort; the only one who knows Dunbar is there is Timmons. After Timmons drops off Dunbar at the fort, Timmons is killed by the Pawnee. This means no one, NO ONE, knows Dunbar is there. There will be no more provisions sent and no one checking in on him. Dunbar is completely on his own (and doesn't even know it). The smoke the Pawnee refer to is not the burning that Dunbar was doing, but the campfire Timmons was using to cook his meal. Timmons's lack of care summoned his own executioners. And what the one Pawnee held up was not flesh, but Timmons's scalp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Indian who attempted to take Dunbar's horse was a holy man (termed back then a 'medicine man') from a nearby Sioux tribe. Plains Indians were migratory, but they had seasonal patterns and traditional places to camp. Over centuries, various tribes worked out which areas were occupied and hunted by which tribes. The actor paying the Sioux holy man, Kicking Bird, is Graham Greene. You may recognize him as the first man executed in "The Green Mile". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting that you make comparisons to "Arrival". Both "Arrival" and "Dances With Wolves" have in common the event known as First Contact. In Star Trek First Contact is acknowledged as the most dangerous moment between cultures. Dunbar and the Sioux are navigating First Contact. Their cultures are so different that language is the least of their problems. Another relevant truism found in Star Trek: "... the prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other." James T. Kirk, "Elaan of Troyius" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'good trade' for Dunbar's hat is a medicine bag. It contains items considered by the owner to be sacred or lucky. This would always include tobacco (a sacred herb), smoking mixture, and (if the owner had made one) a peace pipe. The bowl of the peace pipe was made of a special red clay stone only found in one area, so very rare. It was carved into shape and a hole bored into it before the wood cylinder was bored and fitted to it. Dunbar got the better of that deal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I highly recommend another film starring Kevin Costner: "Water World" (1995).

The young Christine is actually Kevin Costner's daughter. Also the director's cut is longer and actually explain some of the scenes that kind of maybe questioning like why Stands With A Fist slit her wrists.

My dad and i are Dutch but moved to the US for his position at NATO for a few years. He fell in love with Westerns and this movie made him intrested in native cultures. I got to learn a lot about Native cultures and languages before we moved back to NL and it all started with this movie. I owe a lot of education to it❤

This has been my number one movie on my list for 20 years. I’ve probably watched it around 60 times, lol

"The Last of the Mohicans" is a terrific film.

One of my favorite movies of all time. I think I saw this in the theater at least 5 or 6 times. This is one of those movies that need to be seen in the theater due to the grand scenery and great cinematography.

Love this flick! It’s so historic, epic and GRAND. I had no idea you were in Nigeria..How cool! I’ve been eyeing your terrific art. If you ever make it to Washington State on the West Coast, you got a place to stay and a tour guide for Seattle. You have very quickly become me and my fiancés favorite reactor…it’s so fun to make friends from such different places. Like having a Pen Pal. Take care! 💕✌️❤️😊🥰

This movie wasnt going to be made, but he spent his own money to make it, and its amazing.. such a beautiful film, i honestly dont think their is anything else like it. Great reaction thank you

Towards the beginning of the movie, when he arrives at Fort Hays, the major who pissed his pants and killed himself was suffering from syphilis. Syphilis can apparently cause urinary tract problems and insanity.

Beautiful film, terrific reaction. 🫶

Loved your reaction as usual Mr Freezy!❤

Hi ❤❤!!! Im first ... You know? That amazing movie is thé first movie i ' ve ever saw at thé cinéma in 1994 i think ... I was 15 and i remember that i liked it a lot ..i think i cried also ..😢thanks a lot...you remind me this day....i will enjoy this with you now❤❤

As a Lakota (Sioux) Great-grandmother I appreciate you digesting some of the near truth of Native American trials & tribulations. The "war" was against us natives and our home originally called Turtle Island. 3 tribes defeated the U.S. Calvary.

Mary McDonnell was Stands with a Fist. I don’t understand why she has a modern layered hairstyle though!

In Lakota "Wachetch or oo" means "One who takes all that is good." It describes the perception of non-natives.

Great review as always Franklin. So glad you enjoyed the movie. It’s a favourite of many that’s for sure. I’m hoping you’ll check out The Last of the Mohicans. Fantastic story as well as award winning musical score, cinematography as well numerous other awards. Btw love the self-portrait behind you. You’re a man of many talents. ❤FF take care til next time

This is a great movie, can't wait to watch this reaction after class!!!

The war that Dunbar had been in previously was the Civil War and he was on the side of the Union (the North, soldiers wearing blue uniforms.) When he was describing why other wars had been fought, he mentions “to make men free.” He was referring to the fact that the Civil War was about the elimination of slavery in the US, (and other issues) so that is quite important and he was willing to give his life for those values. So, he had had some feelings of commitment to causes but, in what he learned in his dealings with the Sioux, was to go beyond that and find his life’s deepest meaning.

You've got a thing for communication.. awesome...my father was top of the class for communication and Morse code in Korean war.... nothing works without it.. great movie 👍🔥

Always excited about your uploads❤

One of my fav movies ❤❤

Love this one. But I’m a Kevin Costner fan and love just about every one of his movies!!!

You need to water your plant. Look at the leaves, they are shriveling up from lack of water.

As usual, a great reaction (including all of your insights and everything) to, I consider, one of the greatest movies ever. Dances With Wolves won the Oscar over The Godfather 3, and absolutely well deservedly.

The little girl, Christine aka Stands with a Fist, the girl was Kevin Costners real life daughter.

You might recognize the actress (Mary McDonnell) who plays Stands With A Fist from Indepence Day (the first one), where she plays the wife of the US president. She's been in quite a few other also movies though.

This is an such a good movie. Two tribes are represented, the Souix that the main character makes friends with, and the Pawnee. All the Indians are actual Native Americans, but from many different tribes both in the US and Canada. This movie was excellent for treating Indians and complex humans and not just stereotypes but was not the first to do so, that was Little Big Man (1970). The Great Courses, aka Wondrium offers many excellent programs about language and linguistics. Your bear comment made me recall this: It was facetious of course, but from a US Park Ranger on how to tell the difference between a Grizzly and a Black Bear. "When you see a bear and climb a tree, the Black Bear will climb up after you, the Grizzly will just knock the tree down." The expansion of the railroad across North America led to access and the near total extermination of the Bison being hunted mostly for tongues and hides. Commercial hunting at it's peak from 1867 - 1884. Four to five million buffalo were killed in just 3yrs time. It was 1883 is when commercial hunting ended. The only reason they did not go extinct is that a few private citizens wanting to save them collected and protected some. In 1905 The American Bison Society was formed to ensure the species survival. I am US citizen. Viet Nam era some joined the military because of a gung-ho attitude of patriotism and wanting to serve their country, but the majority were those who were drafted, mostly poor and minorities who couldn't get deferments, some joined before being drafted because they had few options for bettering themselves and this gave them a some choice of military service and would provide training, plus after service they could take advantage of the GI Bill. Stands With a Fist is played by Mary McDonnell who had been on stage and in TV and movies. She received and academy award nomination for that part, and another one for her role in Passion Fist, she also is known for roles in Donnie Darko and Independence Day. I recommend another Western directed by and starring Kevin Costner, Open Range (2003).

Great movie. Made a huge impression on me as a kid. I also remember that the Extended Edition or Director's Cut of this was one of the first times I came across a different and longer edition of a movie (before that became more common) and was immediately really excited to watch it. As I recall the extra hour (?) is mostly made up of longer gorgeous landscape cuts, but still worth it for those wanting to sink even deeper into the world of the film. The theatrical edition was a good call in terms of pacing, though.

Hi Frank Thank you for reacting to this movie. I remember seeing it on the big screen back in 1990. It left me speechless for quite some time. Haven't seen it for almost 20 years now. If you want to know more about the history behind this movie you should definitely check out Kevin Costner's documentary series "500 Nations". Keep good movies coming. Regards from Germany. Rick

I saw this movie in the theater with someone who knew another of native cultures and they told me that at 46:51 when the enemy is surrounded that they wouldn't have kill the person in the center but pull them off their mount or simply touch them as that would be considered a great dishonor by being touched by the enemy. On the opposite side the one who touched him is considered to be very brave.

Tremendous reaction! A lot of early Westerns often made Native people to be villains and often played by actors who were not even indigenous. Your reaction made me think of the film FORT APACHE (1948) which is one of the first films to examine these relationships in a much more realistic way if you're interested in a second Western viewing. Best wishes.👍

I’ll always love this movie❤❤❤

An outstanding movie. One of my dad and I’s favorites to watch. It’s a shame that most of that “frontier” land is all settled with the exception of Yellowstone and grand Tetons. But it was only natural that it ended up happening. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for sharing that indigenous art. Breathtaking!!

The soundtrack to this movie for me is easily as good as Lord of the Rings.

Loved your reaction .thk you.🙂

In my top 5 movies of all time. ♥♥

Nice pick! This film inspired me to study Native American history because my high school's curriculum was lacking.

This has always been a favourite of mine and I guess I must like Kevin Costner because, here I am, recommending Field of Dreams to you. It s truly a feel good movie..it’s premise is unusual..I’ve never met anyone who has not loved it. Once again, thank you for sharing your wonderful insights and conversation on this movie. 🎉

Christine the Indian lady was also in Donnie Darko

A lot of people brought up Mary McDonnell and her other works. She was also a major part in Battlestar Gallactica and recently in The Fall of the House of Usher. Great actress. Also, Kicking Bird’s actor is Graham Greene. Who funny enough that you mentioned Red Dead 2, he played Rains Fall the old Chief of the Wapiti. He was also recently in The Last of Us show in a small cameo. Seeing Dances With Wolves decades ago is what ruined Avatar for me, lol.

Another fabulous reaction video my guy, so glad that I subscribed. Why are (some) human's so cruel to each other......

There were some real life "stands with a fist" whites who were adopted by native Americans as shown. The last chief of the Comanche Indians, Quanah Parker, was the son of a white woman, adopted as a child and later married to a Comanche chief. Cynthia Anne Parker. Empire of the Summer Moon by SC GWYNNE is a great book about the Parkers and the end of the Comanche reign.

They filmed this movie where I live in Alberta Canada, my sister had first Nations friends in school that were extras in the movie

I would love to see you react to Legends of the Fall! One of the best movies imo

Hell yeah i love dances with wolves. you been watchin alot of good movies....... Have you ever seen 12 years a slave? Thats a super good dramatic movie you might like

Amen Brother. Respect difference

Another Great movie with this actor Kevin Costner is FIELD OF DREAMS it's so so good please react to it

The buffalo were eradicated by fur traders. They killed the Bison for their fur, and horns, and left the rest to rot. There is a side quest in Red Dead Redemption 2 that portrays this. A lot of people point at certain races for atrocities they committed in the past or present, but it is not a race issue. Instead it is a human condition because all races, and creeds (even native Americans) have done evil things.

Tombstone my brotha as far as westerns go Tombstone is heads and shoulders above the rest.

Lol, theres also an extended version that shows you what happened to the original soldiers at the fort and a few other scenes

“Are they being attacked? Is it the Americans?” No. The Americans were the ones being attacked by invaders. I am happy that you have watched this masterpiece of a film. 🤚

We are all God’s creation

Loved your reaction. It was awesome to see you didn't forget to crap on the white devil at every opportunity. Well done sir.

Hanta Yo! by Ruth Beebe Hill is a beautiful book for anyone who wants to understand the values and experiences of a Lakota family and tribe from between 1769 and 1834. It's historical fiction but fully accurate to the spiritual and societal values of the people. Extremely well researched. As I understand it Ms. Hill spent over ten years writing this book in the native Lakota language with Lakota people and then translating it into English.Very enlightening. Highly recommended.

She acted in Breaveheart...if you haven't watched it im recommending,you'll love it because I saw that you like that kind of movies. 🌞

I would pay a lot of money to hear a podcast with you and @foxtaco

@FrankFreezy Since you have questions and do get a lot of fill-in from comments as requested, I however have a suggestion for something very helpful on here called "History Buffs" and its a channel devoted to deconstructing a film's story line, historical setting and accuracies vs inaccuracies and the one on "Dances With Wolves" is very helpfully informative to a level in ways that taught me new things about the film and the history that despite having seen it many times and being quite familiar with all that, it taught me new things I didn't know, so just an idea plus the host is funny as hell often enough.

If you haven't seen Hidalgo or The Last Samurai yet, you ought to consider watching them. They're both as good as this

Apocalypto is another Native American epic.

You should watch maverick with Mel Gibson and Gram Green " kicking bird" it is a comedy

Man do try an anime called Plastic memories....I guarantee you"ll be in tears.

If you like tbhe mingling of different cultures and language, now you have to watch The Last Samurai.

A person's skin color has little if any part to play in a person's character. Culture, environment, and development of integrity play the major parts in determining an individual's character; and there are evil, untrue aspects found in all cultures and environments. Just as there were white people controlled by evil cultural beliefs, there were also natives who were controlled by evil cultural beliefs. Throughout history groups of people have always taken the lands for their countries by purchase or through warfare. Native tribes also took land from other Native tribes. The only injustices in any of these dealings were broken treaties, massacres of civilians, and mistreatment of prisoners of war. No nation has ever formed that was not brought into existence by warfare or purchase. The evils of human nature are just that - human. There are no pure cultures that exist; therefore, the best thing is to take what is true and good from each culture while throwing out the other parts.

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It was the American civil war.

Watch The Postman 1997 too. :D

comment for the algorytm gods.

please react to Thunderheart

Please watch "Thunderheart" and "Smoke Signals".

No you were right Buffalo

React to Enemy Mines & Starman.

You'll be shocked to learn about the real life of the native who played smiles a lot.... What a shame........

btw everything you are saying about meeting native cultures where they were when europeans first came is a very complicated subject...

He stopped being John Dunbar and embraced who he was turning into, like when a man stops being a sinner and embraces the new man in Christ Jesus

I love and hate this movie there’s a lot of good things about it but the fact that the ending was portrayed in the way that it did never has sat right with me I liked everything else about the movie but that

look...I love this movie but remember it is just a movie....people too far often romanticize the native americans. Some tribes did use all of the parts of the animals such as buffalo because the had to. While other tribes would run entire herds off of cliffs and leave much of it to waste. Just saying don't romanticize the past. They were dark and brutal times for all people.

Something is wrong when the host has more dialogue than the movie... Who's really the star?

I still think America needs to seriously address its past, what was done to the First Nations people. It often seems to me that it isn't addressed because it's such a monumentally awful thing that no one knows where to start. I often think about what it's like to be native and live in America now, knowing what was done to their people just a few hundred years ago, the country still under the control of those that took everything. I wish with my whole heart their interaction with Europeans was one of peace, love, respect.