Surefoot is a 5 year old Indian boy in Arizona. He has to take care of the sheep herd after his father's death. His mother struggles to make ends meet with nobody stopping to buy her crafts. He finds a puppy but he can't keep it. He gives it to mountain lion hunter Marvin Glenn. Marvin and his son are on the trail of a lion.
This is an old Oscar nominated short. It is old in the sense that the narrator is calling native Americans "injun". On top of that, this is not going for the Peta crowd. The lion wrangling is fairly interesting. I expected muzzling the lion before trying to mount him onto the horse. This is definitely not for today.