Braveheart

Braveheart is a 1925 American silent contemporary Western film directed by Alan Hale Sr. and starring Rod La Rocque. The story focuses on members of a tribe of Indians who are being intimidated by the owners of a canning company seeking to violate a treaty protecting the tribe's fishing grounds. Braveheart is a remake of the 1914 film Strongheart directed by James Kirkwood Sr. and produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Braveheart of the Yakama Indians falls in love with Dorothy Nelson, daughter of Hobart Nelson who is disputing certain fishing rights with the tribe. Braveheart goes to college and obtains fame as a member of the football team. He ends up being expelled after voluntarilly shielding Dorothy's brother from disgrace after attempting to throw a football game for some gambling interests. Ki-Yote kidnaps Dorothy and her father. Braveheart fights Ki-Yote and rescues Dorothy and her father, but comes to understand fully the problems and sorrow any potential union with Dorothy would entail. He renounces any interest in Dorothy and marries Sky-Arrow. Cast Uncredited is Nipo T. Strongheart as the Medicine man.