Chief John Big Tree

Chief John Big Tree

Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Devil's Doorway (1950). He died on July 6, 1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. One of three men who posed for artist James Fraser for the profile which became the famous "Indian head nickel" or "buffalo nickel" minted 1913-1938. The other two were Chief Two Moons (of the Cheyenne) and Chief Iron Tail (of the Lakota Sioux). The image was reused for a special commemorative $50 gold piece in 2006--the USA's first 24k (pure gold) coin. Big Tree was a member of the Seneca Nation.

  • Title: Chief John Big Tree
  • Popularity: 0.416
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1877-06-02
  • Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Chief Big Tree
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Chief John Big Tree Movies

  • 1939
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    Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

    7.6 1939 HD

    A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the...

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  • 1950
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    Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway

    7 1950 HD

    A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

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  • 1941
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    Western Union

    Western Union

    5.96 1941 HD

    When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot...

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  • 1938
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    The Girl of the Golden West

    The Girl of the Golden West

    4.6 1938 HD

    A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.

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  • 1929
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    The Overland Telegraph

    The Overland Telegraph

    1 1929 HD

    At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the...

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  • 1929
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    Sioux Blood

    Sioux Blood

    1 1929 HD

    One of John Waters' two Tim McCoy westerns made with MGM in the last years of the silent era. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in New...

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  • 1925
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    The Red Rider

    The Red Rider

    1 1925 HD

    White Elk, a light-skinned Indian chief, incurs the enmity of Chief Black Panther, whom he prevents from looting a westbound wagon train. Although...

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  • 1924
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    The Iron Horse

    The Iron Horse

    6.7 1924 HD

    Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will...

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  • 1937
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    Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

    7 1937 HD

    British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like...

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  • 1941
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    Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

    6.2 1941 HD

    Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the...

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  • 1926
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    The Frontier Trail

    The Frontier Trail

    1 1926 HD

    Dolly Mainard, en route to her father, a major at Fort Blaine, is escorted through dangerous Sioux territory by a cavalry detachment and Army scout...

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  • 1927
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    Painted Ponies

    Painted Ponies

    1 1927 HD

    A rodeo rider arrives in Toptown to compete in the local rodeo. He meets a pretty young girl who, with her crippled father, runs a merry-go-round for...

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  • 1931
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    Red Fork Range

    Red Fork Range

    1 1931 HD

    It's time for the stagecoach race to win the mail contract and the only entries are Reden and Farrell. Reden's men kidnap Farrell's daughter and then...

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  • 1923
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    The Huntress

    The Huntress

    1 1923 HD

    Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village to avoid marrying a brave from the tribe. She...

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  • 1934
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    Wheels of Destiny

    Wheels of Destiny

    3 1934 HD

    Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack,...

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  • 1939
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    Susannah of the Mounties

    Susannah of the Mounties

    6.3 1939 HD

    This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by...

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  • 1932
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    6 1932 HD

    Natty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his Indian friends Chingachgook and Uncas, he fights...

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  • 1936
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    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    4.5 1936 HD

    Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

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  • 1939
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    The Oregon Trail

    The Oregon Trail

    8 1939 HD

    Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under...

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  • 1939
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    Destry Rides Again

    Destry Rides Again

    7.1 1939 HD

    Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he...

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  • 1939
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    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    6.4 1939 HD

    Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing...

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  • 1927
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    Winners Of The Wilderness

    Winners Of The Wilderness

    7.5 1927 HD

    During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.

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  • 1937
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    Hills of Old Wyoming

    Hills of Old Wyoming

    1 1937 HD

    An evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlemen and Indians. Hoppy, Windy and Lucky see that...

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

    A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a...

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  • 1927
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    The Frontiersman

    The Frontiersman

    1 1927 HD

    John Dale and Abner Hawkins are members of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia, assigned to make peace with the Creek Indian tribe in general and the...

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  • 1949
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    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    6.836 1949 HD

    On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be...

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  • 1935
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    The Singing Vagabond

    The Singing Vagabond

    7 1935 HD

    Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.

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  • 1936
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    The Bold Caballero

    The Bold Caballero

    5.7 1936 HD

    The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new...

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  • 1926
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    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    5.9 1926 HD

    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous...

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  • 1933
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    The Telegraph Trail

    The Telegraph Trail

    4.7 1933 HD

    A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.

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  • 1940
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    Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

    4.4 1940 HD

    Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to...

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  • 1940
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    North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police

    6.3 1940 HD

    Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques...

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  • 1937
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    Prairie Thunder

    Prairie Thunder

    3.5 1937 HD

    To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells...

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  • 1940
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    Too Many Girls

    Too Many Girls

    5.7 1940 HD

    Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The...

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  • 1930
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    The Big Trail

    The Big Trail

    6.7 1930 HD

    Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth...

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  • 1922
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    The Primitive Lover

    The Primitive Lover

    5.9 1922 HD

    A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.

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  • 1919
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    A Fight For Love

    A Fight For Love

    5 1919 HD

    The Northwest Mounties are after Cheyenne Harry for the murder of an Indian boy, and the only witness to the crime is a priest - who can't tell what...

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  • 1933
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    King of the Arena

    King of the Arena

    1 1933 HD

    Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show...

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  • 1927
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    Spoilers of the West

    Spoilers of the West

    1 1927 HD

    A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.

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  • 1937
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    Maid of Salem

    Maid of Salem

    5.9 1937 HD

    When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem,...

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  • 1926
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    The Desert's Toll

    The Desert's Toll

    1 1926 HD

    Frank Darwin needs to convince Muriel he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper and Oneta.

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  • 1932
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    The Golden West

    The Golden West

    4 1932 HD

    Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He...

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  • 1917
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    The Spirit of '76

    The Spirit of '76

    1 1917 HD

    Catherine Montour, a striking half-breed Indian princess, and mistress of King George III aspires to become the first Queen of America when the...

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