Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022)

6.2/10 120 min Documentary History

Overview

Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.

Cast

Layli Long Soldier

Self - Oglala Lakota

Nick Estes

Self - Sicangu Lakota

Mary Kathryn Nagle

Self - Cherokee Nation

Milo Yellow Hair

Self - Oglala Lakota

Krystal Two Bulls

Self - Northern Cheyenne & Oglala Lakota

Nick Tilsen

Self - Oglala Lakota

Ted Koppel

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Kristi Noem

Self (archive footage)

Russell Means

Self (archive footage)

John Trudell

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Peltier

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

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