Dreamkeeper

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Dreamkeeper
Genre	Drama
Running time	180 minutes
Written by	John Fusco
Directed by	Steve Barron
Produced by	Hallmark Entertainment
Starring	Eddie Spears August Schellenberg Gil Birmingham Chaske Spencer Nathan Chasing Horse John Trudell Gary Farmer Sage Sheila Tousey Scott Grimes Gordon Tootoosis Michael Greyeyes Delanna Studi Floyd Westerman Tantoo Cardinal
Country of origin	Canada & United States
Language	English
Original channel	ABC
Release date(s)	2003
No. of episodes	2
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For the Charlie Haden jazz album, see Dream Keeper.

Dreamkeeper is a 2003 made-for-television film by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse (Eddie Spears). The plots unwinds as the two travel from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to the fictitious All Nations powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a trip the grandson takes only under duress. Along the way, the grandfather tells his grandson various Indian stories and legends (most non-Lakota) to help him understand and choose the "good red road," i.e. to embrace an Indian identity.