Lakota Nation vs. United States

Jun 11, 2022

2h 0m

★ 5.3

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

XTR

Field of Vision

Cinetic Media

Salmira Productions

Lakota Nation vs. United States Trailers

Cast

Self - Oglala Lakota

Layli Long Soldier

Self - Sicangu Lakota

Nick Estes

Self - Cherokee Nation

Mary Kathryn Nagle

Self - Oglala Lakota

Milo Yellow Hair

Self - Northern Cheyenne & Oglala Lakota

Krystal Two Bulls

Self - Hunkpapa Lakota

Phyllis Young

Self - Oglala Lakota

Nick Tilsen

Self - Oglala Lakota

Henry Red Cloud

Self - Oglala Lakota

Craig Howe

Self - Oglala Lakota

Alex Romero-Frederick

Self - Author, 'Black Hills/White Justice'

Edward Lazarus

Self (archive footage)

Ted Koppel

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