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📺 Series

Brave Eagle

📅 1955 ⭐ 7.5 🕐 30m US US

Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief. The program was unconventional in that it ⁕ reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and ⁕ was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character. Larsen's co-stars were Kim Winona, a Sioux Indian, as Morning Star, Brave Eagle's romantic interest; Anthony Numkena of Arizona, a Hopi Indian then using the stage name Keena Nomkeena, appeared as Keena, the adopted son of Brave Eagle; Pat Hogan as Black Cloud, and Bert Wheeler of the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, as the halfbreed Smokey Joe, full of tribal tall tales but accompanying wisdom. The episodes center upon routine activities among the Cheyenne, clashes with other tribes, attempts to prevent war, encroachment from white settlers, racial prejudice, and a threat of smallpox.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 26 episodes
E1
Blood Brother 1955-09-28
E2
Cry of the Heron 1955-10-05
E3
Treachery at At-Ta-Tu 1955-10-12
E4
Gold of Haunted Mountain 1955-10-19
E5
Search for the Sun 1955-10-26
E6
Moonfire 1955-11-02
E7
Mask of the Manitou 1955-11-09
E8
The Flight 1955-11-16
E9
Code of a Chief 1955-11-23
E10
Face of Fear 1955-11-30
E11
Voice of the Serpent 1955-12-07
E12
Shield of Honor 1955-12-14
E13
The Challenge 1955-12-21
E14
Medicine Drums 1955-12-28
E15
The Spirit of Hidden Valley 1956-01-04
E16
Papoose 1956-01-11
E17
The Storm Pool 1956-01-18
E18
The Gentle Warrior 1956-01-25
E19
The Strange Animal 1956-02-01
E20
White Medicine Man 1956-02-08
E21
Death Trap 1956-02-15
E22
War Paint 1956-02-22
E23
Valley of Decision 1956-02-29
E24
Witch Bear 1956-03-07
E25
Trouble at Medicine Creek 1956-03-14
E26
Ambush at Arrow Pass 1956-03-21
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