The movie is based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger , a satirical picaresque that helped establish the "Revisionist Western" genre in literature.
Rather than a martyr, General Custer is portrayed as a vainglorious, "raving lunatic," a shocking reversal of the historical narrative at the time. The Technical Feat Little Big Man
Unlike the faceless "savages" of previous decades, the film portrayed Native Americans as a complex society—what the Cheyenne call the "Human Beings". The movie is based on the 1964 novel
Chief Dan George, who played Old Lodge Skins, became the first Indigenous North American actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Chief Dan George, who played Old Lodge Skins,
While ostensibly a tall tale about 121-year-old Jack Crabb, (1970) remains one of the most culturally significant films for how it single-handedly demolished the "heroic" myth of the American West. The "Flower Power" Indian
Today, the film is preserved in the for its "aesthetic significance" in shifting American historical perspective. Little Big Man - I Review Westerns