Lakota Woman - Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)

Synopsis: Part of the Turner Broadcasting System's acclaimed television series "Native Americans," "Lakota Woman" is based on the memoirs of Mary Crow Dog. Mary grew up on an Indian reservation in South... Part of the Turner Broadcasting System's acclaimed television series "Native Americans," "Lakota Woman" is based on the memoirs of Mary Crow Dog. Mary grew up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and was educated in a Catholic school without exposure to her cultural heritage. After a number of years aimlessly drifting from one bad situation to another, Mary became an activist for Indian affairs and joined the American Indian Movement. The organization's (and Mary's) finest moment came with the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee, the site of Custer's heinous slaughter of several hundred Native Americans in 1890. In the return to Wounded Knee, 2,000 American Indians took a defiant stand against the U.S. Army, the F.B.I., and the reservation's authorities, to demand equal rights. [More]

Starring: August Schellenberg, Joseph Runningfox, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal

Starring: August Schellenberg, Joseph Runningfox, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Irene Bedard

Director: Frank Pierson

Director: Frank Pierson

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