The Only Good Indian (2009)

Set in Kansas during the early 1900s a teenaged Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian training school to assimilate into White society When he escapes to return to his family Sam Franklin a bounty hunter of Cherokee descent is hired to find and return him to the institution Franklin a former Indian scout for the US Army has renounced his Native heritage and has adopted the White Mans way of life believing its the only way for Indians to survive Along the way a tragic incident spurs Franklins longtime nemesis the famous Indian Fighter Sheriff Henry McCoy to pursue both Franklin and the boy