Before his epic western Horizon, Kevin Costner won an Oscar for directing a surprisingly sensitive movie about American tribes.

The Dances With Wolves ending has a lot to say about one of the darkest times in American history.

Michael Blake, the writer whose novel Dances With Wolves became a major hit movie and earned him an Academy Award for the screenplay, has died.

DANCES WITH WOLVES 1990 From left to right: Rodney Grant and Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves, which won Costner two Oscars — the Best Picture and Best Director trophies.