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First Daughter and the Black Snake

You can live without oil, but you can't live without water.

5.0(1)20171h 44m1

The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipelines. When she learns that Canadian-owned Enbridge plans to route a new pipeline through her tribe’s 1855 Treaty land, she and her community spring into action to save the sacred wild rice lakes and preserve their traditional indigenous way of life. Launching an annual spiritual horse ride along the proposed pipeline route, speaking at community meetings and regulatory hearings. Winona testifies that the pipeline route follows one of historical and present-day trauma. The tribe participates in the pipeline permitting process, asserting their treaty rights to protect their natural resources. LaDuke joins with her tribe and others to demand that the pipelines’ impact on tribal people’s resources be considered in the permitting process.

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Released
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Language
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  • indigenous
  • minnesota
  • native american
  • oil
  • ojibwe indians
  • water pollution
  • woman director
  • activism
  • environmental activist
  • treaty rights
  • pipeline

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Director

Keri Pickett

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival15 Apr 2017

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First Daughter and the Black Snake was released on 15 April 2017.

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