WSJ: Other White actors with Indian roles on the big screen

Friday, June 28, 2013  

Victor Mature as Crazy Horse in the 1955 film Chief Crazy Horse.

The Wall Street Journal rounds up some White actors who played prominent Indians on the screen. Check out the slideshow for Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger and Burt Reynolds in Navajo Joe.

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Johnny Depp's White Forefathers (The Wall Street Journal 6/27)

Opinion: Native media ignored at 'Lone Ranger' press junket (06/24)
The Onion: Indian Country in love with Tonto in 'Lone Ranger' (6/20)
Interview with Sonny Skyhawk on Indian roles in Hollywood (06/12)
Opinion: Blatant racism in Tonto's portrayal in 'The Lone Ranger' (06/03)