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POV - Season 20 Episode 3 Standing Silent Nation

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What does a family have to endure to create a future for itself? In April 2000, Alex White Plume and his Lakota family planted industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota after other crops had failed. They put their hopes for a sustainable economy in hemp’s hardiness and a booming worldwide demand for its many products, from clothing to food. Although growing hemp, a relative of marijuana, was banned in the U.S., Alex believed that tribal sovereignty, along with hemp’s non-psychoactive properties, would protect him. But when federal agents raided the White Plumes’ fields, the Lakota Nation was swept into a Byzantine struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights and common sense. A co-presentation with Native American Public Telecommunications. (packaged to 56:46)

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First Air Date: Jul 05, 1988

Last Air date: Oct 21, 2024

Season: 37 Season

Episode: 501 Episode

Runtime: 60 minutes

IMDb: 6.80/10 by 10.00 users

Popularity: 112.91

Language: English

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