Lakota Territory at the Wounded Knee, 1984.

"Lakota Territory" (May 1984) a film by Michael Kuball about the Lakota People (Oglala Sioux) on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation / South Dakota, which was (or still is) the poorest community in the entire USA after the Indians lost the Black Hills with gold mines and other natural resources to the States. This colour film has a commentary and original sound. Therefore no extra background infos, except a few: 01:03:17 POV travel shot along the "Badlands", South Dakota. - 01:30:50 Abandoned ghost town house. 01:04:05 On the estate of the Lakota medicine man Grover Horned Antelope near Buffalo Gap. - 01:06:18 Statement by Robert Fast Horse, President of the Tribe. - 01:07:47 Stills: Occupation of Wounded Knee, 1973. Revolt to establish an Independent Lakota Nation. - 01:08:34 Revisiting the cemetery of Wounded Knee. 01:15:08 Oscar Bear Runner points at the mass grave after the massacre at the Wounded Knee of 29 December 1890, when 300 Lakota people were killed by a US cavalry. - 01:16:01 Statement by runners of the "Western Hemisphere Welcome Run", a relay race by various Indian tribes dedicated to Jim Thorpe and carrying the message of peace and dignity from New York to Los Angeles. 01:18:03 Statement by the Lakota lawyer, Mario Gonzalez. He talks about the US confiscation of Indian land by violating the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. - 01:19:23 The Black Hills with the Yellow Thunder Camp, settled by AIM, the American Indian Movement. - 01:20:36 Statement by Selo Black Crow (1932-2004) about the Lakota’s refusal to sell the Black Hills, which is sacred to his people. - 01:23:25 Within the Black Hills: The mountain "Bear Butte" sacred to the Lakota and Cheyenne people. - 01:24:17 POV car ride through the Black Hills ending at Mount Rushmore with the famous Parade of US Presidents. - 01:25:52 Statement by Selo Black Crow: Black Hills are sacred and not for sale. - 01:27:36 Grover Horned Antelope praying on top of Bear Butte in the Lakota language. - 01:28:30 The End