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.
Directed by Laura Tomaselli and Jesse Short Bull
indigenous
dakota
native american
black hills
genocide
native american reservation
sioux tribe
south dakota
usa history
residential school
abraham lincoln
thoughtful
activism
lakota tribe
land rights
introspective
forced assimilation
cultural genocide
inspirational
pipeline
nakota
mount rushmore
indian residential school system
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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
Nick Tilsen
Self - Oglala Lakota
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)
Crew
Laura Tomaselli
Director
Layli Long Soldier
Writer
Kevin Phillips
Director of Photography
Mark Ruffalo
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
Sawyer
10.0★ · 04/05/26
https://www.blackhillsjustice.org/
we were all failed by the american education system, everyone should know the truth
https://www.blackhillsjustice.org/
we were all failed by the american education system, everyone should know the truth
