In the Light of Reverence (2001)

Directed by

Christopher McLeod

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three Native American nations as they work to protect their sacred lands from competing uses. It shows the Hopi, the Winnemem Wintu, and the Lakota Sioux defending sites that are central to their spirituality and identity.

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What happens

In the Light of Reverence (2001) is a documentary produced by Christopher McLeod and Malinda Maynor (Yumbee). It features three tribal nations, Hopi, the Winnemem Wintu, and the Lakota Sioux, and their struggles to protect three sacred sites. Such sites are central to their understanding of the world and their spiritual responsibilities to care for their homelands. The three stories featured in In the Light of Reverence are intended to lead to understanding and dialogue. They were developed with an advisory board composed of Native Americans and were based on personal relationships nurtured for decades. The three sacred sites, Devils Tower, situated in the Lakota Black Hills; the Four Corners of the Hopi in Arizona; and the Winnemem Wintu's Mount Shasta, are places of extraordinary beauty. They have been sites of controversy over differing ideas of how to use the land among American Indians and non-Indians. The Lakota, Hopi, and Winnemem Wintu consider the land sacred. Users such as mining companies, New Age practitioners, and rock climbers think of the land as a material resource best used for industry and recreation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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