The Savage

A white boy is adopted by a Sioux chief after he survives a Crow Indian attack. Years later, the boy, now a man, is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe as a war breaks out between the white settlers and the Sioux., A white boy is adopted by a Sioux chief after he survives a Crow Indian attack. Years later, the boy, now a man, is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe as a war breaks out between the white settlers and the Sioux. Based on the novel “The Renegade” by L.L. Foreman., In this film, Charlton Heston portrays a Native American named “Warbonnet.” As it turns out, Warbonnet is a white man raised by the Sioux. The crisis comes when hostilities break out between the whites and the Indians, forcing Warbonnet to question his loyalties.