The Pinewood Indians are audio-animatronic robots, depicting American Indians on the three water attractions (the Mark Twain riverboat, the Sailing Ship Columbia, and the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes) that circle the Rivers of America in Disneyland.
The Pinewood Indians supposedly live in their own village in the northwest corner of the theme park, where they tend to their canoes, cook wild boar over an open fire, and tell tales. They are so named because, as the rivercraft guides say, they are made from real pinewood. The first Pinewood one will encounter on the river cruise is the band's friendly leader, Chief Auto Parts. He sits atop brand new mustang, for which he recently traded in his old bronco.
Only one Indian, a shaman, is audible from the rivercraft. The watercraft then comes along an Indian village, where the people are making things out of wood. Over on the right hand side, the same Indian chief is telling children in the native language how the flute came to his people. Along the way, you may also encounter moose or elk.
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