Powwow Highway
Powwow Highway and the adventures that Buddy and Philbert experience on the road offer the two Cheyenne men with a new perspective with which they identify. Philbert, having never taken to the road, begins to realize the extent of the spiritual connections of the Cheyenne. Buddy, beginning with a very angry and vengeful identity, begins to spiritualize his Cheyenne identity. The identity politics of this film are represented by the inner and outer debates of Philbert and Buddy as they struggle to find their Cheyenne identity, despite the obstacles of racism and the pressures of American capitalism. The road aides the two men in claiming a new perspective on their identities as Cheyenne and as Native Americans.