Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her ... See full summary »
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Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre. Written by
Eric Sorensen <Eric_Sorensen@fc.mcps.k12.md.us>
Post Reporter:
Excuse me Miss. What's the real reason you people are here?
Mary Crow Dog:
You should probably talk to Dennis Banks or Crow Dog.
[tries walking away when reporter grabs her]
Der Stern Reporter:
We uh... we eh... we wants to know as you think.
Mary Crow Dog:
See that guy over there? He's a Mohawk from New York City. We have Cheyenne from Montana, Nisqually from Washington State, Ojibway, Oneida, Paiute from Alaska and Canada, all over. The Red Nations, they were like this...
[holds up her open hand]
Mary Crow Dog:
... now we're like this.
[makes a fist]
Mary Crow Dog:
We are ...
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I rented this movie because I was interested in what happened at Wounded Knee, both in the 1890s and in the 1970s. This movie was an excellent recap of the 70s standoff, with outstanding and genuine performances. It also goes back to the 1890s to review the outrage committed by US forces against the Lakota Sioux. I highly recommend this movie both as drama and as history.
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I rented this movie because I was interested in what happened at Wounded Knee, both in the 1890s and in the 1970s. This movie was an excellent recap of the 70s standoff, with outstanding and genuine performances. It also goes back to the 1890s to review the outrage committed by US forces against the Lakota Sioux. I highly recommend this movie both as drama and as history.