 | Robert Redford als Narrator |
 | Leonard Peltier als Himself |
| Norman Zigrossi als Himself - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota |
| Robert Sikma als Himself - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney |
| Darelle Butler als Himself |
| Bob Robideau als Himself |
| Norman Brown als Himself |
| Duane Brewer als Himself - Former Goon Squad Member |
| Calvin Jumping Bull als Himself |
| William Muldrow als Himself - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights |
| Dennis Banks als Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement |
| James Abourezk als Himself - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota |
| Sam Loud Hawk als Himself |
| Severt Young Bear als Himself |
 | John Trudell als Himself - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement |
| Kenneth Tilsen als Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney |
 | Russell Means als Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement |
| William Kunstler als Himself - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney |
| William Janklow als Himself - Former Governor, South Dakota |
| Deborah White Plume als Herself |
| Bernice White Hawk als Herself |
| Jeanette Eagle Hawk als Herself |
| Beau Little Sky als Himself |
| Madonna Thunder Hawk als Herself |
| Wallace Little als Himself |
| Nilak Butler als Herself |
| Wilma Blacksmith als Herself |
| Kenny Loud Hawk als Himself |
| Morris Wounded als Himself |
| Lou Bean als Herself |
| Billy Bean als Himself |
| Russell Loud Hawk als Himself |
| Edward McManus als Himself - Butler-Robideau Trial Judge |
| Bruce Ellison als Himself - Defense Attorney |
| John Lowe als Himself - Attorney for Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier |
| Robert Bolin als Himself - Jury Foreman, Butler-Robideau Trial |
| Lynn Crooks als Himself - Assistant U.S. Attorney |
| Evan Hultman als Himself - Former U.S. Attorney |
| Myrtle Poor Bear als Herself |
| Warren Allmand als Himself - Former Minister for Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada |
| Gerald Heaney als Himself - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit |
| Robert Ecoffey als Himself - Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police |
| Clarence Kelly als Himself - Director of the F.B.I. |
| Jean Bordeaux als Herself |
| Marquetta Peltier als Herself |
| Richard Wilson als Himself - Tribal Council Chairman (archive footage) |
| Michael Apted | Director |
| Arthur Chobanian | Producer |
| Robert Redford | Executive Producer |
| Chip Selby | Associate Producer |
| Maryse Alberti | Director of Photography |
| Susanne Rostock | Editor |
| Ray Zimmerman | Production Supervisor |
| Pam Bartella | Sound Editor |
| Bill Cavanaugh | Sound Editor |
| Regina Mullen | Sound Editor |
| John Purcell | Sound Editor |
| John Trudell | Music Consultant |
| Jackson Browne | Music Consultant |
| Scott Breindel | Sound |
| Quiltman | Musician |
| Mark Shark | Musician |
| Rick Eckstein | Musician |
| Craig Doerge | Musician |
| Jackson Browne | Musician |
| Gary Ray | Musician |
