
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.
Top Cast

Stanley Hunt
Motana

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

Mrs. George Walkus
Naida and Sorceress

Paddy 'Malid
Kenada

Balutsa
Waket and Yaklus

Kwagwanu
Sorcerer

Francine Hunt
Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer

Bob Wilson
Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks

Maggie Frank
Naida (uncredited)
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