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Robert Yellowtail

Born August 4, 1889 · Lodge Grass, Montana, USA

Died June 20, 1988 · aged 98

Robert Summers Yellowtail was a leader of the Crow Nation. Described as a "20th-century warrior", Yellowtail was the first Native American to hold the post of Agency Superintendent at a reservation.

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Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe · 1985

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

MovieDocumentary

Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. Poverty and isolation combine with outside pressures to undermine the tribe, but they resist defeat as "Contrary Warriors," defying the odds.

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Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe · 1985

Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

MovieDocumentary

Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. Poverty and isolation combine with outside pressures to undermine the tribe, but they resist defeat as "Contrary Warriors," defying the odds.

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