Andrew Jackson is considered a monster by many. His belief was the only viable solution was to treat indians the way losing sides have always been treated historically. That is, absorption and forced assimilation. I have been on and around several reservations and every one was just a horrid hopeless place. Maybe Jackson was right.
The movie lost me when the local cops got in the close-up gunfight with the government security contractors-conspiricies. Oil drilling. What does that tell you? Gotta hand it to Hollywood. They know how to set the narrative, Never saw indian women so attractive except in the movies. I still say check it out. Matinee when it’s hot outside.
You are probably a rarity.....someone who has been on reservations & seen some first hand. Your opinion....why are they such a complete mess?
The ancient empires such as the Assyrian and Babylonian did exactly what Jackson did to the Indians. Their lands were forfeit after conquest and the survivors were exiled to unfamiliar and often hostile lands.