Narrated, directed and co-written by Robby Romero of Red Thunder, Makoce Wakan first aired on the VH1 music television channel. The film explores how the three areas have a connectedness with the development of scientific inquiry. This film also features interviews with leaders; including Colorado's US Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Cheyenne) and Audrey Shenandoah, an Onodaga Clan Mother.

The Apache consider Mount Graham to be sacred. That fact did not prevent the construction of a huge telescope on its peak. "Western science posits that knowledge for its own sake is good, whereas Franklin Stanley, a San Carlos Apache Spiritual Leader, states, "I don't have to build a tower to comprehend the universe." In the Mount Graham sequence, Apache mountain spirit dancers appear like specters in a dramatic contrast to the hard, cold temple of steel that science built.

Romero contends that the fundamental issue is about respect of earth, others, and life. From the gorgeous aerial of the precipitous Black Hills to the close-up views of wild flowers underscored by Red Thunder's earnest music this marvelous film is a must see the world views of American Native Peoples.

By David Claudio Iglesias Native Peoples Magazine
        
Makoce Wakan explores Native Peoples connection to the land; their beliefs, traditions, and philosophies. This special World Alert film focuses on Native American Sacred Sites, The Black Hills and Bear Butte in South Dakota and Mount Graham in Arizona, holy lands which have been used and protected by American Indians for religious and medicinal purposes for thousands of year, which are currently being threatened by recreational, commercial, and industrial development. To Indigenous Peoples, Sacred Sites symbolize a productive and positive unity between human beings and "Mother Earth", a relationship they have long understood.
       
Today, Indigenous Peoples are struggling to protect and preserve their culture, tradition, and homelands. Recently, Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Senate Committee On Indian Affairs introduced the proposed Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act, which address some of the issues explored in this program, including the protection of Sacred Sites.
          
Written, directed and hosted by Robby Romero, (Native Children's Survival), Makoce Wakan, offers insights about the personal, spiritual, and political importance of protecting Native American Sacred Sites with appearances by: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado), Richard Moves Camp (Oglala Lakota Spiritual Leader), Audrey Shenandoah (Onondaga Clan Mother), Franklin Stanley (Apache Spiritual Leader), Ola Cassadore (Apache Survival Coalition), Chief Leon Shenandoah (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy). The special scored by Robby Romero features the music of Red Thunder and Buddy Redbow along with traditional dances and live performances shot on location.