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Brave Eagle

1955 - 1956NR30m8

Reflecting the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West, This was the first series where an American Indian was the lead character.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Blood Brother

1. Blood Brother

Aired: Sep 28, 1955

Keena saves the life of a young Cree brave and, in the Indian tradition, beco...

Episode 2 Cry of the Heron

2. Cry of the Heron

Aired: Oct 5, 1955

An innocent joke starts a chain of events that may lead to war between the Ch...

Episode 5 Search for the Sun

5. Search for the Sun

Aired: Oct 26, 1955

Keena discovers that renegade Indians are trading stolen gold for guns. In or...

Episode 6 Moonfire

6. Moonfire

Aired: Nov 2, 1955

A stubborn young white girl who is staying at Brave Eagle's village refuses t...

Episode 7 Mask of Manitou

7. Mask of Manitou

Aired: Nov 9, 1955

Keena helps Brave Eagle obtain food for a desperately poor and starving India...

Episode 8 The Flight

8. The Flight

Aired: Nov 16, 1955

Brave Eagle saves a white man and his daughter from almost certain death in t...

Episode 9 Code of a Chief

9. Code of a Chief

Aired: Nov 23, 1955

When gold miner goes missing, his cabin exhibits the signs of a struggle and ...

Episode 10 Face of Fear

10. Face of Fear

Aired: Nov 30, 1955

A trapper tries to use an Indian superstition to increase his profits.

Episode 11 Voice of the Serpent

11. Voice of the Serpent

Aired: Dec 7, 1955

Brave Eagle goes out looking for the long-lost son of an elderly Indian woman...

Episode 12 Shield of Honor

12. Shield of Honor

Aired: Dec 14, 1955

A Pawnee, realizing that he can't trick Brave Eagle into declaring war on a n...

Episode 13 The Challenge

13. The Challenge

Aired: Dec 21, 1955

Chief Brave Eagle is challenged by a warrior who wants to take his position a...

Episode 14 Medicine Drums

14. Medicine Drums

Aired: Dec 28, 1955

An army payroll has been stolen by white men masquerading as Indians. Brave E...

Episode 16 Papoose

16. Papoose

Aired: Jan 11, 1956

A child from the white settlement has been kidnapped, and Keena and Morning S...

Episode 17 The Storm Fool

17. The Storm Fool

Aired: Jan 18, 1956

Brave Eagle goes up against another chief who is trying to use the theft of a...

Episode 18 The Gentle Warrior

18. The Gentle Warrior

Aired: Jan 25, 1956

A peaceful Comanche chief takes refuge in Brave Eagle's camp after his warrio...

Episode 19 The Strange Animal

19. The Strange Animal

Aired: Feb 1, 1956

Comanches set a trap for Brave Eagle, but he gets help from an unexpected sou...

Episode 20 White Medicine Man

20. White Medicine Man

Aired: Feb 8, 1956

Brave Eagle goes after a horse trader who has stolen the medical supplies tha...

Episode 22 War Paint

22. War Paint

Aired: Feb 22, 1956

Keena, Brave Eagle's adopted son, has defied his father and joined the tribe ...

Episode 23 Valley of Decision

23. Valley of Decision

Aired: Feb 29, 1956

While the tribe is away, a settler arrives and blocks entrance to the tribe's...

Episode 24 Witch Bear

24. Witch Bear

Aired: Mar 7, 1956

A mysterious animal is terrorizing the tribe, and many begin to believe that ...

Info about Brave Eagle

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Western