Shanewis

About the show

Mrs. Everton, a wealthy widow, supports the young Native American singer Shanewis and invites her to her California home. At a gathering there, Shanewis sings and attracts the attention of Lionel Rhodes, who is engaged to Everton’s daughter Amy. Unaware of the engagement, Shanewis yields to Lionel’s courtship after he promises to seek her family’s approval. She returns to her Oklahoma reservation for a summer powwow, secretly followed by Lionel. Her foster-brother Philip Harjo, who has long loved her and resents white people, gives her a poisoned arrow. When Amy and her mother arrive, Shanewis learns of Lionel’s engagement and sends him back to Amy. As Shanewis leaves for the forest, Harjo shoots Lionel with the arrow. Shanewis and Amy kneel by Lionel’s body.