In the Land of the Head Hunters
In the Land of the Head Hunters is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted entirely by Kwakwaka'wakw natives. It was the first feature-length film whose cast was composed entirely of Native North Americans; the second, eight years later, was Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North.
Cast
Stanley Hunt
as Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
as Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George Walkus
as Naida and Sorceress
Paddy 'Malid
as Kenada
Balutsa
as Waket and Yaklus
Kwagwanu
as Sorcerer
Francine Hunt
as Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Bob Wilson
as Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Maggie Frank
as Naida (uncredited)
