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Blogs Liberty and Power Standing Silent Nation - a recommendation

Jul 28, 2007

Standing Silent Nation - a recommendation

by Liberty and Power

I highly recommend checking out the website for Standing Silent Nation, a new independent documentary about one Oglala Sioux family's legal and political battle to rise above poverty and be economically self-sufficient by raising industrial hemp, and the government's efforts to stand in their way. Read more.