Nate and the Colonel

{{short description|2003 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox film

|name=Nate and the Colonel

|released={{Film date|2003}}

|language=English, Ojibwe

|director=Paul Winters

|editing=Paul Winters

|writer=Paul Winters

|starring=Paul Winters
Ricco Ross

|music=Terry Plumeri

}}

Nate and the Colonel is a 2003 Western film written, directed and edited by Paul Winters.

The film also stars Winters as Colonel Ben Loftin and Ricco Ross as Nate.{{Cite web |last=Yuloff |first=Hank |date=2004-06-27 |title=Nate and the Colonel (2004) |url=https://www.filmmonthly.com/video_and_dvd/nate_and_the_colonel.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920070118/https://www.filmmonthly.com/video_and_dvd/nate_and_the_colonel.html |archive-date=2015-09-20 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Film Monthly.com}} Nate and the Colonel is the first feature film to use the Native American Ojibwe language (for the first half of the film, the Native actors only speak in the Ojibwa language with English sub-titles).{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} The film also stars Mark S. Brien and Carlos Milano.{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Western_Movies/aTX2mv0uX7UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Nate+and+the+Colonel%22+Paul+Winters&pg=PA222&printsec=frontcover |title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. |date=2013-01-04 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6372-5 |pages=222 |language=en}} Milano also produced the film{{Cite web |last=Sinnott |first=John |date=2004-08-17 |title=Nate and the Colonel |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/12120 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=DVD Talk}} and accepted the "Best Feature Film Award" at the 2004 American Indian LA Film and TV Awards.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}