It is 83 minutes long and is one of few silent films made, along with In the Land of the Head Hunters and Before the White Man Came (1920), with an entirely Native American cast.

The film features depictions of typical Plains Indian life, including a battle scene, traditional dances and bison hunting.

[7] The Daughter of Dawn was one of many docudramas that tended to romanticize Native American culture and lifestyle during the early 1910s and '20s.

Other films of the period that boasted of all-Indian casts included In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914); Hiawatha (1913), shot by F.E.

A film score was created by David Yeagley and performed by students at Oklahoma City University.