CROW COUNTRY: OUR RIGHT TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - American Indian Film Festival | LIVING EARTH VIRTUAL FESTIVAL - Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Native American Food Sovereignty • Food Insecurity • Indigenous Studies • Hunting • Life on the Reservation  Date of Completion: 2020 | Run Time: 20 minutes​​ | Language: English & Crow with subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide | Director & Producer: Tsanavi Spoonhunter CROW COUNTRY: OUR RIGHT TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY is a 20-minute documentary that enlightens its audience to one tribe’s struggle to retain food security. The Crow Indian Reservation is the largest reservation in Montana, encompassing 2.2 million acres of land. There are approximately 8,000 Crow (Apsáalooke) tribal members who live there. In 2017, the Crow Agency laid off 1,000 of its 1,300 employees due to federal government cutbacks, ultimately straining tribal operations and leaving many families struggling to make ends meet. In 2019, the only