Daughter of the West (1949) on Netflix
Raised at a California mission, Lolita Moreno arrives on a Navajo reservation to teach. She meets Navo White Eagle, whose work uncovers a copper lode. The white agent schemes to seize it.
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Plot summary
Lolita Moreno has grown up at Mission San Juan Capistrano, cared for by the Sisters and Father Vallejo while the truth about her family stays hidden. She accepts a new teaching post on the Navajo reservation in Arizona and meets Navo White Eagle, who has returned from Carlisle with plans to revive the land through irrigation and citrus groves. That work uncovers a rich copper deposit, which Navo sees as a way to help his people. The white Indian agent Jim Connors learns of the find and schemes to claim the copper for himself, putting Navo in his way on the reservation.
Cast
- Marion Carneyas Okeeman (Atoka)
- Luz Albaas Wateeka
- Tony Barras Yuba(Anthony Barr)
- Helen Servisas Mrs. Beggs
