Mary McDonald's hair

Haha, yeah I've noticed that too. 90s :)

Haha! It was all I could think about when watching. I kept asking my husband, "Why doesn't she have her hair in braids like the other women?"

I gate her hair in this movie ...

I was trying to figure out if there was some unspoken premise that the Indian women made her keep it wacked off shorter than theirs?

Were producers trying to enforce some idea that she, as a white woman, would have differently textured hair than the indians?
If that were needed, she coulda been made to have blonde or red curly hair ...

In the scene where she is a young girl first taken, her hair does look much lighter and curly ...

The whole idea that she is adopted into this tribe and treated like their own kin, dressed like them, etc etc etc but apparently, she cannot brush or care for her hair, is ... just ...weird.
Illogical

She had to have the big 80s hair so she could be a sex symbol. Hilarious! If Wolves were made today Costner would have a long beard and skinny jeans.

In the book, her hair was described as being stubborn and hard to deal with. Also, in the scene where Dunbar first comes upon her as she's trying to kill herself, she cut her hair off before cutting her arms.

Her hair stands with a spritz of good salon hairspray.

The wild and unruly hair...fine, I get it. I guess. But the bangs??? Oh, hell no. So inauthentic.

Honestly, Mary McDonnell's acting was so good, there was nothing about her hair that affected her portrayal of Stands With A Fist. And if I saw a woman walking around with hair like that the last thing I would think is that they came from a salon so I don't get the criticism.