Navajo is a 1952 American fictional drama film directed by Norman Foster.

[3][4] It is a story about "Son of the Hunter", a seven-year-old Navajo boy whose father abandoned the family, then his de facto grandfather dies.

When he goes to the trading post to get help, he is captured by the authorities and is forced to attend a reservation boarding school.

He escapes from the school and returns to the wilderness to try to live an independent life.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented 8-year-old actor Francis Kee Teller with an honorary award at the 1953 Golden Globe Awards[5] The film was restored by Kit Parker Films in 2020 and released on home video for the first time.