Critics often note that the film reimagined Native life as a "countercultural idyll," turning the Cheyenne into "surrogate hippies" who practiced free love and environmentalism to appeal to the 1970s audience. Vietnam in a Cowboy Hat
While ostensibly a tall tale about 121-year-old Jack Crabb, (1970) remains one of the most culturally significant films for how it single-handedly demolished the "heroic" myth of the American West. The "Flower Power" Indian Little Big Man
Rather than a martyr, General Custer is portrayed as a vainglorious, "raving lunatic," a shocking reversal of the historical narrative at the time. The Technical Feat Critics often note that the film reimagined Native