Wild Indian is a 2021 American thriller film written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.

The film stars Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer with Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth.

In an opening scene a Native American man with smallpox hunts in the woods while at home his wife is dying.

Makwa's teacher - a priest - gives a sermon saying a tortured spirit is an unworthy sacrifice before God, and that unwillingness to accept responsibility will bring suffering that will spread like a plague.

Teddo is released from his latest prison term, a ten-year sentence for drug dealing.

Makwa's attorney assures him that it is clearly self defense, but that a Wisconsin investigator wants to speak to him about a boy's disappearance 35 years ago.

In Wisconsin an attorney tells Makwa he could be charged with James' murder, based on the remains and Teddo's confession to Lisa.

Makwa takes flowers to the bedridden Lisa in hospital to assure her of his innocence, calling Teddo mentally ill, drunk, and criminal.

Makwa claims all the worthwhile Native Americans died fighting, and his generation is descended from cowards.

The film cuts to the Native American man with smallpox lying next to his dead wife.

The website's consensus reads, "While Wild Indian might have benefited from a more probing approach to its themes, it's held together by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s skilled direction and a strong performance from lead Michael Greyeyes.

"[7] On Metacritic, which sampled 11 critics and calculated a weighted average of 74 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".

[8] Variety named Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. one of the "10 Directors to Watch" for his work on the film.