Sacred Dog
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An award-winning story about a Native American family’s use of sport to fight against their historically bloody and impoverished past and teach their young about their own imperiled culture is at the center of the final new episode of the 2023 season of ESPN’s E60.
Synopsis
The story centers around the Brewer family, split between two teams, the Brew Crew and Dancing Warrior, as they compete against other tribes throughout the Midwest in an attempt to regain their Lakota pride and give their children a blueprint for the future.
Indian Relay is an extreme and sometimes dangerous sport: three times around the track on three different horses, bareback. But it’s also a sustaining sport. It restores the primacy of the horse in Lakota lives – the horse as a “medicine,” as lifeline.
Sacred Dog is the closing episode of a holiday afternoon of E60 storytelling on December 24.
Director: Jeremy Williams
Writer: Tom Junod