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4	''White Fawn's Devotion'' is an 11-minute 1910 film directed by James Young Deer.
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6	The story involves a mixed-race couple living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in UsefulNotes/SouthDakota. One day the husband, a white man named Combs, receives word that he has received a large inheritance. His wife White Fawn, a Sioux, tries to stop him from leaving. When he remains determined to go, White Fawn stabs herself in the chest with a knife. Their daughter sees the husband bent over White Fawn's body and concludes that he killed her. The daughter then tells the tribe, which sets out after Combs.
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8	''White Fawn's Devotion'' is the oldest surviving film made by Native Americans. It has a place on the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry. Compare ''Film/TheDaughterOfDawn'', a 1920 feature film with an all-Native American cast (although it was written and directed by a white man).
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13	* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Naturally, Combs has to pick up the knife after finding White Fawn, making sure that he is fingered as the killer.
14	* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: White Fawn and the other Sioux are dressed this way.
15	* DrivenToSuicide: White Fawn pulls out a knife and kills herself as Combs prepares to leave--or at least it looks like she does.
16	* JustInTime: White Fawn arrives just as her daughter is being strong-armed into executing her own father.
17	* NoEscapeButDown: Combs is driven to the edge of a cliff by the band of Sioux that is chasing him. He winds up tying a rope to a rock and rappelling down--while a Sioux tries to cut the rope before he makes it down.
18	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Everyone thinks White Fawn is dead, but she shows up in time to save Combs.
19	* UnexpectedInheritance: Combs is surprised to learn that he stands to inherit a large sum.

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