Standing Silent Nation (2007)

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.

Release Date : Jan 01, 2007

Runtime : 53m

Genre : Documentary  

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Keywords : war on drugs, native american, marijuana, native american reservation, sioux tribe, prohibition