University of Wyoming
"Cheyenne Autumn" was a film that had its premiere in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This film was John Ford's last western film. It presented a more sympathetic view of Indians than his previous westerns. The film was later featured at the Nebraska Literature Festival (1993), and the Cheyenne Western Film Festival (2000).
The "Cheyenne Autumn" collection contains press kits that are primarily photographs of scenes from the film. This 1964 film directed by John Ford and premiering in Cheyenne, Wyoming depicts members of the Cheyenne Indian tribe trying to escape from their Oklahoma reservation to Wyoming in 1878.
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