"She dreamed of justice and fought for it in a place called Wounded Knee."
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre.
Mary Crow Dog

Attorney
Mary's Mother

Dennis Banks

Russel Means

Stat Man

Red Arrow

Mary's Grandfather

Old Man at HQ
Dick Wilson

Reasonable Man
Aunt Elsie Flood

Marshall
Sister Mary Margaret

Leonard Crow Dog

Uncredited

Lizzie Fast Horse
Young Mary
Grandma Moore
Joe Little Horse
Young Barbara
Little Girl
Father Hochbauer

Barbara
Charlene
Nadine
Receptionist
Old Man at Headquarters
Old Woman at Headquarters
Young Man at Headquarters(as Mekasi Horinek)
Webster
Webster's Friend
Codelle
Driver Goon
Merle
Shotgun
Store Manager
Thief in Jail
Spencer

Jailer
Raymond Yellow Thunder
Hare Brother 1
Hare Brother 2
Clyde Bellecourt
A.I.M. Warrior
Pedro Bissonette

Russell Means

FBI Agent Ralney

Sheriff in Gordon
Archeology Student
Archeology Professor (as Merritt Olson)

District Attorney (as Senator James Abourezk)
Sarah Bad Heart Bull
Carter Camp (as Richard Whitman)

Sheriff in Custer
Ellen Moves Camp
Reporter #1

Reporter #2 (as Brian O'Meara)
Fools Crow
Gladys Bissonette
Woman at Calico (Elder)
Buddy Lamont (as Owen Le Beau)
John Standing
Old Priest
A.I.M. Warrior
Post Reporter
Der Stern Reporter
Dr. Pat
Federal Agent Richards
Federal Agent Perrini
Rocky Madrid
Morningstar Clearwater
Federal Marshall (as Steve Saeta)
Wovoka
Annie Mae (as Kathy Burnett)
Ken Tilsen
Mrs. Lamont
Traditional Singer (as Mary Olquin)
Lawyer (uncredited)
Hippie (uncredited)
Press (uncredited)
Cavalry Soldier (uncredited)
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