The Only Good Indian
2009, English. Directed by Kevin Willmott.
Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian "training" school to assimilate into White society. When he escapes to return to his family, Sam Franklin, a bounty hunter of Cherokee descent, is hired to find and return him to the institution. Franklin, a former Indian scout for the U.S. Army, has renounced his Native heritage and has adopted the White Man's way of life, believing it's the only way for Indians to survive. Along the way, a tragic incident spurs Franklin's longtime nemesis, the famous "Indian Fighter" Sheriff Henry McCoy, to pursue both Franklin and the boy.
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- 1h 54m
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- 1 December 2009
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The Only Good Indian isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 December 2009. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Only Good Indian?
The Only Good Indian (2009) was directed by Kevin Willmott and stars Wes Studi, Winter Fox Frank, J. Kenneth Campbell.