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1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
Performer |
Barack Obama, Elouise Cobell, John McCain |
Event |
Originally produced by Video Project in 2016. |
Summary |
100 YEARS documents the David vs. Goliath story of Elouise Cobell's courageous fight for justice for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans who were cheated out of billions of dollars by the United States Government. Over 100 years ago, the United States Government broke up numerous Indian reservations and allotted millions of acres to 300,000 individual Indians. They promised to manage their land and send lease payments for oil, gas, timber, and grazing to the Indian Trust Fund, but instead the Department of the Interior grossly mismanaged the money owed them. As the Treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe, Elouise Cobell noticed issues with the trust account and raised questions about the missing money which lead her into a 30-year fight that resulted in the largest class action suit ever filed against the federal government. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Social action.
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Ethnicity.
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Politics and government.
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Gender identity.
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Current affairs.
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Women's studies.
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Human rights.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Political science.
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Documentary films.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Added Author |
Janko, Melinda, film director.
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Obama, Barack, actor.
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Cobell, Elouise, actor.
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McCain, John, 1936-2018 actor.
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Video Project (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
4250036 Kanopy |
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