Jimmy Herman

According to old Navajo lore, "Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry." Produced by Robert Redford, this thriller with a slightly supernatural bent stars Wes Studi and Adam Beach as tribal cops Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, who try to uncover the truth about the death of a fellow detective, Delbert Nez, whom they believe may have been killed by someone other than the obvious. Could it be the mysterious Coyote?

Life in a remote Indian Reservation is stirred up when one of its Elders begins to question the death of Hank Williams.

The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Finally caught and sent to a reservation camp, he eluded a military force of 5000 for 18 months before finally surrendering to the government.

Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers. (imdb)

When photographer Will returns home for his mother's funeral he gets more than he bargained for from a strange cast of characters on the reservation.