Watch Standing Silent Nation Online

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Standing Silent Nation

Standing Silent Nation Online

  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 01/01/2007
  • Duration : 53 minutes
  • Director: Suree Towfighnia

Overview:

When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family glimpsed a brighter future. Having researched hemp as a sustainable crop that would grow in the inhospitable soil of the South Dakota Badlands, the White Plumes envisioned a new economy that would shrink the 85% unemployment rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They never dreamed they would find themselves swept up in a struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights, and common sense.

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