Anthony Earl Numkena
Brave Eagle (1955)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 28, 1955
Episode 30 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.native-american, tmdb.wild-west, imdb.cheyenne-indian, imdb.native-american, imdb.adopted-son
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Blood Brother
Keena saves the life of a young Cree brave and, in the Indian tradition, becomes his blood brother. Not long afterward Keena is taken gravely ill, and he learns the wisdom of this old tradition.
Sept. 28, 1955, midnight
S1E2 - Cry of the Heron
An innocent joke starts a chain of events that may lead to war between the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet if Brave Eagle can't put a stop to it.
Oct. 5, 1955, midnight
S1E3 - Treachery at At-Ta-Tu
Oct. 12, 1955, midnight
S1E4 - Gold of Haunted Mountain
Oct. 19, 1955, midnight
S1E5 - Search for the Sun
Oct. 26, 1955, midnight
S1E6 - Moonfire
A stubborn young white girl who is staying at Brave Eagle's village refuses to leave with her uncle, a cavalry officer. The uncle believes she is being held against her will and determines to "rescue" her. In order to avert a war, Brave Eagle must resolve the situation.
Nov. 2, 1955, midnight
S1E7 - Mask of the Manitou
Nov. 9, 1955, midnight
S1E8 - The Flight
Nov. 16, 1955, midnight
S1E9 - Code of a Chief
Nov. 23, 1955, midnight
S1E10 - Face of Fear
Nov. 30, 1955, midnight
S1E11 - Voice of the Serpent
Dec. 7, 1955, midnight
S1E12 - Shield of Honor
Dec. 14, 1955, midnight
S1E13 - The Challenge
Chief Brave Eagle is challenged by a warrior who wants to take his position as chief--in a fight to the death.
Dec. 21, 1955, midnight
S1E14 - Medicine Drums
Dec. 28, 1955, midnight
S1E15 - The Spirit of Hidden Valley
Jan. 4, 1956, midnight
S1E16 - Papoose
Jan. 11, 1956, midnight
S1E17 - The Storm Pool
Jan. 18, 1956, midnight
S1E18 - The Gentle Warrior
Jan. 25, 1956, midnight
S1E19 - The Strange Animal
Feb. 1, 1956, midnight
S1E20 - White Medicine Man
Feb. 8, 1956, midnight
S1E21 - Death Trap
Feb. 15, 1956, midnight
S1E22 - War Paint
Keena, Brave Eagle's adopted son, has defied his father and joined the tribe in an attack on renegade Indians who have attacked a white settlement, and has been captured by the renegades. Brave Eagle sets out to rescue him.
Feb. 22, 1956, midnight
S1E23 - Valley of Decision
Feb. 29, 1956, midnight
S1E24 - Witch Bear
March 7, 1956, midnight
S1E25 - Trouble at Medicine Creek
March 14, 1956, midnight
S1E26 - Ambush at Arrow Pass
March 21, 1956, midnight
CBS
30 min/ep
30 min
Sept. 28, 1955
March 21, 1956, midnight
Ended
NR
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