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The West, Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television, Disc five

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The West, Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television, Disc five
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eng
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videorecording
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MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
The West
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videorecording DVD
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Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television
Runtime
124
Summary
Episode 8. Examines the Native American mystical movement called Ghost dance, begun by a Paiute and to which Plains Indians resorted upon their military defeat. It lead to the massacre at Wounded Knee. Episode 9. While many considered the West "closed" as the turn of the century neared, new problems arose with the management of settled lands, with Native Americans struggling to maintain traditional lives or to follow the white man's ways, with water management, the growth of cities, and more
Table Of Contents
Episode 8. Ghost dance -- Episode 9. One sky above us
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live action
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