With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

75 mins | Western | June 14, 1927

The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

75 mins | Western | June 14, 1927

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.
Producers Sunset Productions
Original title With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Directors Robert N. Bradbury
Writers Ben Allah

Cast

Bryant Washburn

as Donald Keefe

Chief Yowlachie

as Sitting Bull

Anne Schaefer

as Mame Mulcain

Jay Morley

as Pat Mulcain

Shirley Palmer

as Ceila Moore

James O'Neill

as Elder Indian (as James O'Neil)

Bob Steele

as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)

Fred Warren

as Happy Hartz

Leon De La Mothe

as John Mulcain (as Leon Kent)

Lucille Ballart

as Mary Moore (as Lucille Balart)

Thomas G. Lingham

as Parson Rogers (as Thomas Lingham)