“The Ghost Riders”, directed by Vincent Blackhawk Aamodt (Blackfoot/Lakota/Mexican) and narrated by Benjamin Bratt, is a feature length award winning documentary film about the annual Big Foot Memorial Ride. The ride retraces the 300-mile route taken by Chief Big Foot from Bullhead in South Dakota, down to Wounded Knee Creek where the massacre occurred. It is a journey that symbolically mends the Sacred Hoop and imparts a brutal but spiritually fulfilling prophecy. The ride—which began in 1986—takes place for two weeks in frigid December. The annual Big Foot Memorial Ride honors the more than 300 Lakota Sioux Indians massacred by the 7th Cavalry at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee. The ride is organized by Lakota youth in the Pine Ridge reservation. Participants convey the ride's spirit of sacrifice and remembrance, and the Lakota people's determination to build a better future.
If you would like to make arrangements for the director,  V. Blackhawk Aamodt (Blackfoot Lakota, Mexican) to come and speak to your class please contact Hyon Chu Yi-Baker, M.S., Director, MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center, MUSE Instructor at 408-924-6245 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please forward this email to anyone who you might be interested. Thank you.