Wagon Train: The Isaiah Quickfox Story (1965)
Season 8, Episode 17
No Indian Need Apply
17 August 2023
This is in response to reviewer dlawhead. Quickfox was played by the actor Frank De Kova, who was not Native American, but was of Italian heritage. He was born in New York City and was a schoolteacher before becoming an actor. As with many films and television series, Native American characters were played by non Indians. The same was true of Asian characters (see the history of Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto and Fu Manchu). Not being credited in a film or television program was not the greatest insult; that was routine. Substituting Caucasians for people of color was the great eradication, and was very rarely criticized.
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