''Comata, the Sioux'' is a 1909 silent short

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film directed by

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. It was produced and released by the

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.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.14 c.1953 by Daniel Blum

Cast

* James Kirkwood as Comata, the Sioux *

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as Clear Eyes * Arthur V. Johnson as Bud Watkins *

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as Nellie Howe *

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as Father/Indian Chief

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