Great Indian leaders & nations: Narrator, Barry LeBeau. Sacagawea: Melisa King, David Williams, Daniel Rowland, Andiel Brown, Deane Ingram ; narrators, Heidi Miller, Larry Wayne. Spirit bear, the Simon Jackson story: Mark Rendall, Graham Greene, Katie Stuart, Catherine Disher, Owen Rotharmel, Ed Begley Jr. The sign of the beaver: Keith Carradine, Gordon Tootoosis, Brendan Fletcher, Maury Chaykin, David Cubitt, William Lightning, Annette O'Toole. WindRunner: Russell Means, Jason Wiles, Margot Kidder, Amanda Peterson, Jake Busey, Max Casella, Bruce Weitz. The legend of Tillamook's gold: Brian McNamara, Julia Campbell, Brian Thompson, Suzanne Marie Doyon. Collective title from container. Extra features include on Sacagawea, The living legacy of Lewis & Clark, and on The sign of the beaver, about the author, Frontier Maine.
Contents:
disc 1.Great Indian leaders & nations. Great Indian leaders ; Great Indian nations / produced and directed by Bruce Lixey, Robert Hercules ( 55 min. ; 1994, 55 min. ; 1995) -- disc 2. Sacagawea / co-production of Dennis Burkhart Encounter Video, Inc. and New Dimension Media ; writer/director/editor, Rolf Forsberg ; videographer/producer, Dennis Burkhart : St. Louis to Ft. Mandan (45 min. ; 2004) -- disc 3. Spirit bear: The Simon Jackson story / Screen door presents ; written by Kent Staines, producers, Raymond Massey, Cheryl-Lee Fast ; directed by Stefan Scaini (96 min ; 2005) -- disc 4. The sign of the beaver / An Atlantis Films production in association with The Clorox Company ... [et al.] ; from the book by Elizabeth George Speare ; producer, Martin Katz ; teleplay by Gerald Dipego ; directed by Sheldon Larry (91 min. ; 1997) -- disc 5. WindRunner : a spirited journey / Cinar presents ; produced by David Anderson ; director, William Clark ( 108 min. ; 1994) -- disc 6. The legend of Tillamook's gold / Maitland Primrose ; Bright Light Studio ; a Doyon Hall ; produced by Richard A. Doyon and Jane Beaumont Hall ; screenplay by Jane Beaumont Hall and Richard A. Doyon ; directed by Jane Beaumont Hall (107 min ; 2006)
Summary:
Collection of films related to the Native American experience. Great Indian leaders & nations presents true stories of Chief Joseph, Crazy Horse, Quanah Parker, Geronimo, and the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes. Sacagawea offers a dramatic re-enactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of Sacagwea. Spirit bear is the insipring coming of age true story of the boy who saved the endangered Spirit Bears. The sign of the beaver is the coming of age saga of a colonial family in uncharted 1768 Maine. In the action-adventure drama WindRunner, disappointed by his father's imprisonment, young Greg meets Wa Tho Huck, a Native American who causes things to chnage for the better. In the adventure drama The legend of Tillamook's gold, fourteen-year-old Julie finds an ancient coin on the beach and uncovers a Native American legend about a long-lost treasure.
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