This documentary offers a deep, candid, and historical look at the Christian experience of America's largest and best-known tribes: the Dakota and Lakota. Its exploration into Native American history also takes a hard and detailed look at President Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy of 1873, which was, in effect, a "convert to Episcopalianism or starve" edict put forth by the American government in direct violation of its Constitution. The devastation it had on the values of the people affected were dramatic and extremely long-lasting. Grant's policy was finally ended over 100 years later by the Freedom of American Indian Religions Act in 1978. Interlaced with extraordinarily candid interviews, this documentary presents an insider's perspective of how the Dakota and Lakota were estranged from their religious beliefs and their long-standing traditions.
Fr Lyle Noisy Hawk
as Himself
Reverand Sydney Byrd
as Himself
Clark Zephier
as Himself
Father Webster Two Hawk
as Himself
Father Robert Two Bulls
as Himself
Reverend Terry Star
as Himself
Tilda St. Pierre
as Herself
Father Daniel Makes Good
as Himself
Doris Respects Nothing
as Herself
Jerome Lebeaux
as Himself
Stella Iron Cloud
as Herself
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
as Herself
