"Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life."
James Cromwell
as Nonno
Tantoo Cardinal
as Nonna
Joseph Ashton
as Little Tree
Mika Boorem
as Little Girl
Christopher Heyerdahl
as Pine Billy
Christopher Fennell
as Wilburn
Graham Greene
as Willow John
Leni Parker
as Martha
Rebecca Dewey
as Dolly
Bill Rowat
as Henry
Robert Daviau
as Ralph
Norris Domingue
as Mr. Jenkins
Mark Jeffrey Miller
as Preacher
Gordon Masten
as Politician
Howard Rosenstein
as Calf's Owner
Tedd Dillon
as Revenuer #1 (as Teddy-Lee Dillon)
James Rae
as Revenuer #2
Alain Goulem
as Revenuer #3
Griffith Brewer
as Church Man
Dawn Ford
as Church Woman
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
as Elizabeth
Larry Day
as Mr. Lane
Dean Hagopian
as Joe Taylor
Jonathan Stark
as Girl's Father
Pauline Little
as Mrs. Higgenbotham
Peter Colvey
as Proctor #1
Michel Perron
as Headmaster
Victoria Barkoff
as Teacher
Pierre Boudreau
as Pilgrim
Richard Jutras
as Indian
Jake Eberts
Producer
Anastas N. Michos
Director of Photography
Wayne Wahrman
Editor
Peter Stratford
Art Direction
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Teleplay
Don Sipes
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Forrest Carter
Novel
Jere Huggins
Richard Friedenberg
Screenplay
Director
Dan Bishop
Production Design
Renée April
Costume Design