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Unlike the faceless "savages" of previous decades, the film portrayed Native Americans as a complex society—what the Cheyenne call the "Human Beings".

Rather than a martyr, General Custer is portrayed as a vainglorious, "raving lunatic," a shocking reversal of the historical narrative at the time. The Technical Feat Little Big Man

The film was among the first to feature a diverse range of Native characters, including gay Indians and those with mental health struggles, rather than just "noble warriors". Unlike the faceless "savages" of previous decades, the

To play the ancient Jack Crabb, Dustin Hoffman wore a prosthetic mask that took five hours a day to apply. To achieve the rasping, aged voice, Hoffman reportedly spent hours screaming in his dressing room before filming to "trash" his vocal cords. To play the ancient Jack Crabb, Dustin Hoffman

The harrowing depiction of the U.S. Army attacking Native villages was a direct cinematic parallel to the real-world My Lai Massacre .