A Thunder Being Nation - Life on the Pine Ridge Reservation

An epic documentary made over 13 years from the director of Rez Bomb, charting the history and contemporary life of the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Perhaps the most comprehensive documentary about life on an Indian Reservation.

The land of Crazy Horse, Black Elk & Red Cloud
Of Wounded Knee & Greasy Grass (Little Big Horn)
Of the Black Hills & the Sun Dance
Of Boarding Schools & sterlization

5 times higher child mortality
3 times higher diabetes
80+% unemployment
Life expectancy of 48 for men
& 52 for women