The real-life Walks Far Woman died in 1953 at the age of one hundred and two.
The role of "Walks Far Woman" was very strenuous and physical on Raquel Welch, where she had a few accidents. During the foot race, she fell down and twisted her ankle so badly she had to be taken to a hospital. Then after riding that bucking horse, she had whiplash for several weeks afterward.
Except for Bradford Dillman, all of the actors and actresses were either Native American or American of Hispanic descent. But it was dedicated to Native Americans because it takes us into the life of a tribe.
Raquel Welch made a personal crusade of getting this movie about this legendary Blackfoot Indigenous woman shown. This movie was a production of her own company.
Filmed in 1979, but not broadcast until 1982.