While the US Government no longer exterminates Native Peoples or steals their children for forced assimilation programs, it still exercises, or delegates to the states, absolute power over Native Peoples and Native Territories. Told through the voices of Seneca and Mohawk activists, The Long Hope explores the slave-era origins of US legal theory and policy as it relates to Native Peoples and the fight of the Seneca and Mohawk Nations to retain their sovereignty in the face of continued aggression by federal and state governments.

Executive Producer Statement

We created this film to expose some hidden truths about US Government policy, law and behavior regarding Native Peoples. Our hope is to educate both our own Native people and the general public to issues they have never and will never be taught in school.

Many of the ideals that the United States loves to claim as their guiding principles not only were absent regarding slavery but also with the overtly racist policies imposed on Native peoples. Claiming to be a nation based on "rule of law" sounds great until you come to realize the legal doctrines their legal authority is based on are not legal at all.

Everyone needs to see this film to learn the uncomfortable truths that drive Native peoples to fight ever harder to maintain our autonomy and distinction. This is our Long Hope!