Lakota Nation vs. United States

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Laura TomaselliDirector
• Jesse Short BullDirector
• Layli Long SoldierWriter

Cast

• Layli Long SoldierSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Nick EstesSelf - Sicangu Lakota
• Mary Kathryn NagleSelf - Cherokee Nation
• Milo Yellow HairSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Krystal Two BullsSelf - Northern Cheyenne & Oglala Lakota
• Phyllis YoungSelf - Hunkpapa Lakota
• Nick TilsenSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Henry Red CloudSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Craig HoweSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Alex Romero-FrederickSelf - Oglala Lakota
• Edward LazarusSelf - Author, 'Black Hills/White Justice'
• Ted KoppelSelf (archive footage)

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