Dances with Wolves
Sioux-adopted cavalry officer
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American film directed by and starring Kevin Costner, about a Civil War soldier who joins a Lakota Sioux tribe.
The title is the Lakota name given to his character.
The film won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and helped revive the Western genre.
It's sometimes referenced when discussing sympathetic portrayals of Native Americans in Hollywood or white characters who assimilate into indigenous cultures.
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