Cowboys & Indians, The Premier Magazine of The West, previews the long-awaited Western "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" in the September issue on sale July 24. Brad Pitt stars in the upcoming Warner Bros. release as legendary outlaw Jesse James, riding tall alongside co-stars Sam Shepard as Frank James, Casey Affleck as Robert Ford and Mary-Louise Parker as Zeralda James. In C&I's cover story package, writer Jordan Rane offers a detailed overview of Pitt's career, examines the mythos of the real Jesse James, and reports on previous movies -- ranging from the classic "Jesse James" (1939) to the campy "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" (1966) -- that have focused on the 19th-century bandit from rural Missouri.

Elsewhere in the September issue, actor-director Kevin Costner talks about his ambitious plans to follow "Open Range" and the Oscar-winning "Dances With Wolves" with "Horizon," another epic Western. And speaking of movies: C&I writer David Hofstede previews the 2007 edition of the American Indian Film Festival, the world's oldest exposition dedicated to Native American cinema, while Emily Sachar spotlights the extensive Indian movie poster collection of Native American legal historian Rennard Strickland.But wait, there's more: C&I visits Santa Fe's annual NARF Indian Motorcycle Ride, where free spirits hit the road for a good cause, and New York's National Museum of the American Indian, where a new exhibit showcases artful objects from native life. In an excerpt from his new book "The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History," author Joseph M. Marshall III recounts the epic battle from the Native American perspective.