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Broken Arrow
Indian Agent Captain Tom Jeffords (John Lupton) has the job of maintaining favorable relations with the Chiricahua Apache in the Tuscon Arizona area in the 1870s. This period is during the Indian Wars.
So Jeffords forges a friendship with Cochise (Michael Ansara) of the Apache and peace, as symbolized by a broken arrow, is established. Together Jefford and Cochise fight those who violate the peace, regardless of their race.
The good news is that the Indian was treated more favorably in this Western. He wasn't reduced to being an ignorant savage. And Broken Arrow presented the Indian view of white encroachment.
However, historians would note that the real Cochise wasn't such a touchy feely kind of guy.
Also, Michael Ansara was grossly underused. He has more talent than the scripts allowed him to show.