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'''''At Play in the Fields of the Lord''''' is a 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen. In 1991, Brazilian director Hector Babenco filmed an adaptation with a cast including [[Tom Berenger]], [[John Lithgow]], [[Daryl Hannah]], [[Kathy Bates]], [[Aidan Quinn]] and [[Tom Waits]].

Missionaries try to save the Indian, while mercenaries try to wipe them out.

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* [[Badass Native]]: Moon
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: Moon
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Gag Penis]]: When Randy asks Andie how she knew Moon wanted her, she says "Don't be such a child."
* [[A God Am I]]: Moon takes on the identity of Kisu.
* [[Just for Pun]]: Nowhere/Now Here
* [[Loin Cloth]]: In the film version. The Niaruna wear "bellybands" in the novel. When Moon gets an erection, the bellyband hurts.
** An explanation might be required for the bellybands: In the Amazon, men bind their foreskins and tie the binding material around their waists.
* [[Lost Tribe]]: Theorized to be a lost tribe of Sioux or a lost tribe of Jews.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Moon likes Andie. Randy likes Andie. Randy is married. So is Andie.
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Deconstructed, since Moon is a halfbreed Cheyenne. Further deconstructed since he accidentally starts an epidemic of the common cold, killing them all.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Moon gets a lot of tropes.
* [[Naked on Arrival]]: Moon, to the Niaruna.
* [[National Geographic Nudity]]
* [[Native American Mythology]] and all associated (or at least Sioux and Cheyenne) tropes.
* [[A Nice Jewish Boy]]: Averted by Wolf, who is anything but nice.
* [[No One Could Have Survived That]]: Moon
* [[Nude Nature Dance]]: Played with, though the film version is definitely not fanservice, since it's Kathy Bates  {{spoiler|and her character's basically gone nuts}}.
* [[Rape as Drama]]: Moon sees Andie naked. But he can't have her since she's married, so he goes home and rapes his wife, Pindi.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Moon wants to help the Niaruna, but in the end, he gives them the flu, which kills them.
* [[Shotacon]]: When Randy's wife says "What if one of those things lays a hand on Billy?", Randy simply replies "He might like it."
* [[The Amazon]]

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