American Outrage | Documentary | Cultural Focus

Directed by: Beth Gage and George Gage
2007 | 56m | USA

Two grandmothers, Carrie Dann and Mary Dann, have been at the forefront of the Western Shoshone Nation's struggle for land rights and sovereignty for nearly forty years. American Outrage documents their fight against the U.S. government's unlawful attempts to take over traditional Shoshone land in Nevada, part of 60 millions acres guaranteed to them in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. Over the years the Dann sisters have endured steady harassment from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and they have squared off against international gold mining corporations and the nuclear industry. Their courage and perseverance in asserting the rights of indigenous peoples have brought them numerous awards, including the 1993 Alternative Nobel Prize and the International Right Livelihood Award

Screening Times: Whitaker Lab Auditorium
Wednesday, 5:00 pm / Friday, 9:00 pm [screens along with Devil's Tower]

About the Directors:
Beth Gage & George Gage
Mar. 3, 2008 article in The Desert Sun
How did you discover this story?
“Beth saw an article in the New York Times describing an upcoming round-up of Carrie and Mary Dann's livestock by the United States. At first she was struck with the images of these weathered and interesting faces, then as she read the text she wondered why the United States government would be harassing elderly women ranchers by taking cattle and livestock at gunpoint from these grandmothers. We naively thought the mistreatment of the American Indian ended a hundred years ago. Boy, were we wrong!”