Robert Redford
Narrator
Leonard Peltier
Himself
Norman Zigrossi
Himself - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
Robert Sikma
Himself - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Darelle Butler
Himself
Bob Robideau
Himself
Norman Brown
Himself
Duane Brewer
Himself - Former Goon Squad Member
Calvin Jumping Bull
Himself
William Muldrow
Himself - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
Dennis Banks
Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
James Abourezk
Himself - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
Sam Loud Hawk
Himself
Severt Young Bear
Himself
John Trudell
Himself - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Kenneth Tilsen
Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
Russell Means
Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
William Kunstler
Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
William Janklow
Himself - Former Governor, South Dakota
Deborah White Plume
Herself
Bernice White Hawk
Herself
Jeanette Eagle Hawk
Herself
Beau Little Sky
Himself
Madonna Thunder Hawk
Herself
Wallace Little
Himself
Nilak Butler
Herself
Wilma Blacksmith
Herself
Kenny Loud Hawk
Himself
Morris Wounded
Himself
Lou Bean
Herself
Billy Bean
Himself
Russell Loud Hawk
Himself
Edward McManus
Himself - Butler-Robideau Trial Judge
Bruce Ellison
Himself - Defense Attorney
John Lowe
Himself - Attorney for Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier
Robert Bolin
Himself - Jury Foreman, Butler-Robideau Trial
Lynn Crooks
Himself - Assistant U.S. Attorney
Evan Hultman
Himself - Former U.S. Attorney
Myrtle Poor Bear
Herself
Warren Allmand
Himself - Former Minister for Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Gerald Heaney
Himself - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
Robert Ecoffey
Himself - Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
Clarence Kelly
Himself - Director of the F.B.I.
Jean Bordeaux
Herself
Marquetta Peltier
Herself
Richard Wilson
Himself - Tribal Council Chairman (archive footage)