I found this film to be historically accurate enough in terms of what Hiawatha went through to save his folks from disaster. But I found it very interesting in what the cast was wearing in the film. Although the setting was in the Eastern Woodlands, I noticed that some of the clothing resembled a little bit like the Plains style. But then again buffalo hides and deerskin/doeskin hides do look similar to each other. So I suppose that's why the resemblance. The important thing is that it's not just another Hollywoodish kind of film where you see the romanticized "noble savage" garbage in the way that Hollywood has pretty much always seen them. Fortunately enough, ever since "Dances with Wolves" came out in 1990, the overall view of the First Nations has drastically changed from the Hollywoodish type of portrayal of Natives to the more realistic, concrete and abstract views.
Anyways ... this films deserves a 7 out of 10.
Anyways ... this films deserves a 7 out of 10.