Who Controls the Land

Bears Ears National Monument and the Fight for Native American Equality

Who Controls the Land — Plot

Native American actor Martin Sensmeier travels to San Juan County, Utah, to investigate the controversy over the Bears Ears National Monument. While there, he learns how the fight over the monument is just one more battle in a long-running war between the county's Native American citizens and their Mormon neighbors over who will control the future of the county. His journey reveals how voting rights denied by the Mormons have led to the marginalization of their Native neighbors and learns about the long history of looting of sacred archeological sites in the county.

• Release date
• January 1, 2018
• Runtime
• 51 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Lucian Read

Who Controls the Land — Cast

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Lucian Read Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo Filmmaker

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Angelo Baca

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Jacqueline Keeler

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Jonah Yellowman

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Mark Maryboy Martin Sensmeier

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Phil Lyman