In the News/Reviews for Good Meat

Video Librarian, September 27, 2011

Indianz.com (originally from Native Sun News), September 19, 2011

Indian Country Today, April 14, 2011

Indianz.com (originally from The Rapid City Journal), May 25, 2007

 

Good Meat

Larry T. Pourier
2011
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A Donated Buffalo -- Thank you Ponca Tribe of Nebraska!

Author: 
Susan Hartmann
Recently, I was asked to help plan the cultural event for the National Congress of American Indians’ (NCAI) Annual Mid-Year Conference and Marketplace, June 17-20 in Lincoln, Neb.—Vision Maker Media’s hometown. It’s been a very exciting experience...

Sam Hurst

Good Meat, a new film co-produced by Sam Hurst, captures a glimpse of the obesity epidemic faced by Native Americans today.

“Forty percent of the Oglala Lakota people are already struggling with obesity, diabetes and heart disease,” says Hurst. “This is not a marginal issue for them.”

Part of this statistic--and the star of Good Meat--is Beau LeBeau (Oglala Lakota). LeBeau is obese; members of his family are obese; his diabetic mother recently passed away from diabetes.

 
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