Indian Horse is a 2017 movie Canadian drama film adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by author Richard Wagamese (Ojibwe).

Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli and written by Dennis Foon, it premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and received a general theatrical release in 2018.

[7] Minor controversy arose over the casting of Will Strongheart in the supporting role of Virgil in the film; the actor was known to have a history of criminal domestic violence.

The top official, Father Quinney, and his nun deem Lonnie an unsuitable name and call him Aaron.

Saul does not meet the age requirement to play, but he convinces Father Leboutilier to give him the job of maintaining the rink in the early morning, which allows him to spend time on the ice.

When one of the school's players is injured, Saul steps forward as a substitute and astounds Father Leboutilier with his talent.

When he becomes a teen, the school allows Saul to leave and move into a foster home with an Indigenous family in a mining town, where he can further pursue hockey.

After winning a key game, Saul is treated as a star player in Hockey Night in Canada style, but the team faces racial discrimination and beatings by whites afterwards in a pub.

He is stunned when Father Leboutilier appears one night, professing pride in where hockey has taken Saul, and admitting the abuses in the school were wrong.

Facing serious health issues after severe damage to his liver, Saul is accepted by the Indigenous rehabilitation centre Rising Dawn.

The group therapy leader, seeing how sad and withdrawn Saul is, encourages him to confront the root of his suffering.