Lahoma (film)

Lahoma is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Louise Glaum, Robert Frazer, and Stanton Heck. The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Breckinridge Ellis.

The story revolves around Lahoma (Glaum), a Native American woman, and her complex relationships with white settlers in the Oklahoma Territory. The plot explores themes of racial prejudice, forbidden love, and cultural clashes on the frontier. The film depicts Lahoma navigating the tensions between her own heritage and the encroaching white culture, ultimately facing difficult choices regarding her loyalties and personal desires. While the film was a popular feature in its time, contemporary analysis often views it through a critical lens, acknowledging the problematic representations of Native Americans that were common in early Hollywood Westerns.