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Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

PG-13

1994

100 minutes

DramaTV Movie

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Irene Bedard headshot

Irene Bedard

Mary Crow Dog

Charles Abourezk headshot

Charles Abourezk

Attorney

Tantoo Cardinal headshot

Tantoo Cardinal

Mary's Mother

Michael Horse headshot

Michael Horse

Dennis Banks

Lawrence Bayne headshot

Lawrence Bayne

Russel Means

Michael Spears headshot

Michael Spears

Stat Man

Dean Norris headshot

Dean Norris

Red Arrow

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman headshot

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Mary's Grandfather

Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle headshot

Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle

Old Man at HQ

August Schellenberg headshot

August Schellenberg

Dick Wilson

Edgar Bear Runner headshot

Edgar Bear Runner

Reasonable Man

Casey Camp-Horinek headshot

Casey Camp-Horinek

Aunt Elsie Flood

James Hatzell headshot

James Hatzell

Marshall

Nancy Parsons headshot

Nancy Parsons

Sister Mary Margaret

Joseph Runningfox headshot

Joseph Runningfox

Leonard Crow Dog

Peter Weller headshot

Peter Weller

Uncredited

Eliza Morrison headshot

Eliza Morrison

Lizzie Fast Horse