The Education of Little Tree

The Education of Little Tree is a 1997 drama written and directed by Richard Friedenberg.
==Plot==
 Little Tree (Joseph Ashton) is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy who loses his parents during The Great Depression and begins living with his Native American grandmother (Tantoo Cardinal), and white grandfather (James Cromwell) in the Appalachian mountains. He begins learning the Cherokee way of life, and also how to make and sell moonshine. 
 Unfortunately, the authorities learn of his existence, and force him to go to an "Indian Reeducation School" designed to kill the Indian within. However, Little Tree calls to his grandfather, telling him how unbearable the school is, and is eventually rescued. 
He has to hide out in the mountains every time the authorities come looking for him, and on one of these occasions, his Grandpa falls, and never recovers. His Grandmother also dies, and he is taken in by a family friend, Willow John (Graham Greene), who continues Little Tree's education.
==Cast==
*James Cromwell as Granpa
*Joseph Ashton as Little Tree
*Tantoo Cardinal as Granma
*Mika Boorem as Little Girl
*Christopher Heyerdahl as Pine Billy
*Christopher Fennell as Wilburn
*Graham Greene as Willow John
*Leni Parker as Martha
*Rebecca Dewey as Dolly
*Bill Rowat as Henry
*Robert Daviau as Ralph
*Norris Domingue as Mr. Jenkins
*Mark Jeffrey Miller as Preacher
*Gordon Masten as Politician
*HoJo Rose as Calf's Owner
*Tedd Dillon as Revenuer #1
*James Rae as Revenuer #2
*Alain Goulem as Revenuer #3
*Griffith Brewer as Church Man
*Dawn Ford as Church Woman
*Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Elizabeth
*Larry Day as Mr. Lane
*Dean Hagopian as Joe Taylor
*Jonathan Stark as Girl's Father
*Pauline Little as Mrs. Higginbotham
*Peter Colvey as Proctor #1
*Michel Perron as Headmaster
*Victoria Barkoff as Abusive Teacher
*Karentiio Phillips as Older Boy
*Pierre Boudreau as Pilgrim
*Richard Jutras as Indian
*Jeff Jeffcoat as Older Little Tree
==Music==
Music by Mark Isham
==Images==
The Education of Little Tree1.png|Tantoo Cardinal, James Cromwell & Joseph Ashton
The Education of Little Tree2.png|Graham Greene as Willow John 
The Education of Little Tree3.png|Graham Greene & Joseph Ashton
The Education of Little Tree4.png|James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton & Tantoo Cardinal
The Education of Little Tree5.png|James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal & Joseph Ashton
The Education of Little Tree6.png|Mika Boorem & Joseph Ashton
The Education of Little Tree7.png|Tantoo Cardinal as Granma
The Education of Little Tree8.png|James Cromwell as Granpa
The Education of Little Tree9.png|Joseph Ashton, James Cromwell & Tantoo Cardinal
The Education of Little Tree10.png|Joseph Ashton & Graham Greene
The Education of Little Tree11.png|Joseph Ashton as Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree12.png|Tantoo Cardinal, James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton & Graham Greene
==Trailer==
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Category:1997 films
Category:1990s films
Category:American drama films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films
Category:Paramount Pictures films