One of the worst films in that regard was “Little Big Man” which painted a false picture of Custer and the Indians. Of course we should have expected nothing less than that from leftist Arthur Penn, who made the movie. The Sioux were warlike and took other Indian tribes’ land. Neither side was guiltless.
Actually, the whites displaced the Iroquois, who displaced the Ojibway, who displaced the Sioux from the northern lake country onto the plains. Then the Sioux got the horse and learned to fight.
“Little Big Man” made Custer look like an idiot.
When he and his command were killed, it was viewed as a National tragedy; he’d been a hero in the Civil War, and this country loved the guy.
There’s a very good book written some years ago called “Son Of The Morning Star” about Custer and the Little Bighorn. It also deals with the Indian side of the battle as well. It’s an excellent read, and it dispels a lot of the bullsh*t revisionist crap we get.
I always taught my kids - you read history that was written by the people who were there; not some 30-something Marxist Professor who was taught by another Marxist professor.