<P> Native Americans were also a part of Wild West shows . They participated in staged "Indian Races" and historic battles, and often appeared in attack scenes attacking whites in which their savagery and wildness was played up . They also performed talented dances, such as the Sioux Ghost Dance . In reality the performance of the ghost dance meant that trouble was brewing and about to break out, but it wasn't portrayed as such in the show . </P> <P> Chief Sitting Bull joined Cody's Wild West show for a short time and was a star attraction alongside Annie Oakley . During his time at the show, Sitting Bull was introduced to President Grover Cleveland, which he thought proved his importance as chief . He was friends with Buffalo Bill and highly valued the horse that was given to him when he left the show . </P> <P> Other familiar Native Americans names who performed in the show were Red Cloud, Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and the Modoc War scout Donald McKay . </P> <P> Western shows generated interest for Western entertainment . This is still evidenced in western films, modern rodeos, and circuses . Western Films in the first half of the 20th century filled the gap left behind by Wild West shows . The first real western, The Great Train Robbery was made in 1903, and thousands followed after . In the 1960s Spaghetti Westerns a genre of movies about the American Old West made in Europe were common . </P>

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