The Man Who Killed The Deer

Institute History

  • 1981 Directors Lab

Description

Martino is a Pueblo Indian who was forcibly sent to a government boarding school and trained for eight years as an American. Returning to Pueblo, he tries to re-establish life using his acquired ways. By killing a deer out of season on disputed land , he is squarely in the middle of the Indian way of life vs. Federal Government intervention controversy.

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