
Lakota Nation vs. United States
PG-132022·120 min·Released
Studio: Cinetic Media, Field of Vision, Salmira Productions, XTR
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Theatrical Jun 11, 2022
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USA · English · USA
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.
Trailer
Crew
DirectorLaura Tomaselli, Jesse Short Bull
WriterLayli Long Soldier
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
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
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)
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Keywords
indigenousdakotanative americanblack hillsgenocidenative american reservationsioux tribesouth dakotaresidential schoolabraham lincolnthoughtfulactivismlakota tribeland rightsintrospectiveforced assimilationcultural genocideinspirationalpipelinenakota
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026







