War Party is a 1988 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 starring Billy Wirth

Billy Wirth

William E. "Billy" Wirth is an Americanactor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best known for his role in the 1987 film, The Lost Boys.-Life and career:...

 and Kevin Dillon

Kevin Dillon (actor)

Kevin Brady Dillon is an American actor best known as Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO dramedy Entourage. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his performance on the show.- Early life :...

. The film, set in present day Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

, explores the tension and mistrust that can characterize interactions between Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

 and White American

White American

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 cultures.

Filming for the movie largely took place on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation

Blackfeet Indian Reservation

The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the United States. It is located east of Glacier National Park and borders Canada to the north. Cut Bank Creek and Birch Creek make up part of its eastern and southern borders...

 in Montana. A few scenes were filmed in Glacier National Park, Montana, and in the town of Choteau, Montana

Choteau, Montana

Choteau is a city in and the county seat of Teton County, Montana, United States. It lies along U.S. Routes 89 and 287 about east of the Rocky Mountains, near Flathead National Forest, the Rocky Mountain Division of Lewis and Clark National Forest, and Glacier National Park. The population was...

.

Tagline

• One hundred years after the Battle of Milk River, both sides agreed to reenact it...No one was supposed to get hurt...The cavalry was supposed to shoot blanks...The Indians weren't supposed to fight back.

Cast

• Billy Wirth
  Billy Wirth
  William E. "Billy" Wirth is an Americanactor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best known for his role in the 1987 film, The Lost Boys.-Life and career:...
  
   as Sonny Crowkiller
• Kevin Dillon
  Kevin Dillon
  Kevin Dillon is an American actor.Kevin Dillon is also the name of:*Kevin Dillon , character from Rodman Philbrick's young adult novel Freak the Mighty and the film based on it, The Mighty...
  
   as Skitty Harris
• Tim Sampson as Warren Cutfoot
• Jimmie Ray Weeks as Jay Stivic
• Kevyn Major Howard
  Kevyn Major Howard
  Kevyn Major Howard is a Canadian actor best known for his role in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.After acting in high school, Howard moved to Los Angeles and Hollywood in the late 1970s....
  
   as Calvin Morrisey
• Jerry Hardin
  Jerry Hardin
  Jerry Hardin is an American actor who has made many television and film appearances. He played illegitimate heir, Wild Bill Westchester, in the failed 1982 television series Filthy Rich. One of his most recognizable roles was that of the character Deep Throat in the series The X-Files...
  
   as The Sheriff
• Tantoo Cardinal
  Tantoo Cardinal
  Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal, CM is a Canadian film and television actress.-Career:Cardinal was born in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Her mother, Julia Cardinal, was a Métis of Cree descent...
  
   as Sonny's Mother
• Bill McKinney
  Bill McKinney
  Bill McKinney is an American character actor whose most famous role was the sadistic mountain man in the movie Deliverance...
  
   as The Mayor
• Guy Boyd
  Guy Boyd
  Guy Boyd may refer to:*Guy Boyd *Guy Boyd...
  
   as Major Crawford, National Guard
• R.D. Call as Posse Member #1
• William Frankfather
  William Frankfather
  William Frankfather was an American film and television actor.Frankfather guest starred in many popular television series of the late 20th century including The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele, Murphy Brown, Picket Fences, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Melrose Place, Empty Nest, Wings...
  
   as The Governor
• M. Emmet Walsh
  M. Emmet Walsh
  Michael Emmet Walsh is an American actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions.-Life and career:Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the son of Agnes Kathrine and Harry Maurice Walsh, Sr., a customs agent...
  
   as Colin Ditweiler
• Dennis Banks
  Dennis Banks
  Dennis Banks , a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig...
  
   as Ben Crowkiller / Dead Crow Wolf
• Saginaw Grant
  Saginaw Grant
  Saginaw Grant is an American Indian actor, dancer, and activist of Sac and Fox and Otoe-Missouria heritage.Born to Austin and Sarah Grant at Pawnee Indian Hospital and raised on a farm in Cushing, Oklahoma. Graduate of Bacon Indian College. Served in the United States Marine Corps...
  
   as Freddie Man Wolf
• Rodney A. Grant
  Rodney A. Grant
  Rodney Arnold Grant is an American actor.Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves...
  
  as The Crow