Standing Silent Nation (2007)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 2007 53 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.hemp, imdb.industrial-hemp, imdb.lakota, imdb.native-american, tmdb.war-on-drugs, tmdb.native-american, tmdb.marijuana + 3 more, tmdb.native-american-reservation, tmdb.sioux-tribe, tmdb.prohibition