Crow Dog

Duration: 57

Creator: Cuesta (Mike) and Baxter (David)

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Offers a portrait of Sioux medicine man Leonard Crow Dog, the spiritual leader of 89 American Indian tribes and the spokesman for the traditionalists who wish to retain the beliefs and way of life of their forefathers. Chronicles the late 60's renaissance of Indian pride marked by a return to their own language and culture and the birth of the American Indian Movement. , A portrait of Leonard Crow Dog, traditional medicine man of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota. Raised to be the keeper of all things sacred, Crow Dog is the last living link to a vanishing culture. This film documents sacred Indian ceremonies such as the Vision Quest, the Sweat Lodge, the Ghost Dance and the Sun Dance. Records Crow Dog's legal problems with the U.S. government as an activist in the American Indian Movement (AIM).

Complete Record: Offers a portrait of Sioux medicine man Leonard Crow Dog, the spiritual leader of 89 American Indian tribes and the spokesman for the traditionalists who wish to retain the beliefs and way of life of their forefathers. Chronicles the late 60's renaissance of Indian pride marked by a return to their own language and culture and the birth of the American Indian Movement. , A portrait of Leonard Crow Dog, traditional medicine man of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota. Raised to be the keeper of all things sacred, Crow Dog is the last living link to a vanishing culture. This film documents sacred Indian ceremonies such as the Vision Quest, the Sweat Lodge, the Ghost Dance and the Sun Dance. Records Crow Dog's legal problems with the U.S. government as an activist in the American Indian Movement (AIM). NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.