The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
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The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle is a 1967 American live-action
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film. A Hopi
Indian boy is banished from his village after he defies tribal law and frees a sacred, sacrificial eagle. After surviving in the wilderness he returns to his village where he is again rejected. Fleeing the boy climbs a cliff and jumps off but before he reaches the ground turns into an eagle.
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film. A Hopi
Hopi
The Hopi are a federally recognized tribe of indigenous Native American people, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi area according to the 2000 census has a population of 6,946 people. Their Hopi language is one of the 30 of the Uto-Aztecan language...
Indian boy is banished from his village after he defies tribal law and frees a sacred, sacrificial eagle. After surviving in the wilderness he returns to his village where he is again rejected. Fleeing the boy climbs a cliff and jumps off but before he reaches the ground turns into an eagle.