Lakota Nation vs. United States

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.

Documentary History

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)

Phyllis Young

(Self - Hunkpapa Lakota)

Nick Tilsen

(Self - Oglala Lakota)

Henry Red Cloud

(Self - Oglala Lakota)

Craig Howe

(Self - Oglala Lakota)

Alex Romero-Frederick

(Self - Oglala Lakota)

Candi Brings Plenty

(Self - Oglala Lakota)

Edward Lazarus

(Self - Author, 'Black Hills/White Justice')

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))