Lakota Nation vs. United States

Lakota Nation vs. United States

2022•2h 0m•6.2/10

DocumentaryHistory

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🎬TMDb

6.2/10(4)

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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Production

XTR, Field of Vision, Cinetic Media, Salmira Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Layli Long Soldier

Layli Long Soldier

Self - Oglala Lakota

Nick Estes

Nick Estes

Self - Sicangu Lakota

Mary Kathryn Nagle

Mary Kathryn Nagle

Self - Cherokee Nation

Milo Yellow Hair

Milo Yellow Hair

Self - Oglala Lakota

Krystal Two Bulls

Krystal Two Bulls

Self - Northern Cheyenne & Oglala Lakota

Phyllis Young

Self - Hunkpapa Lakota

Nick Tilsen

Nick Tilsen

Self - Oglala Lakota

Henry Red Cloud

Self - Oglala Lakota

Craig Howe

Self - Oglala Lakota

Alex Romero-Frederick

Self - Oglala Lakota

Edward Lazarus

Self - Author, 'Black Hills/White Justice'

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem

Self (archive footage)

Russell Means

Russell Means

Self (archive footage)

John Trudell

John Trudell

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

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