Lakota Nation vs. United States
Jun 11, 2022 | IMDB 6.2
120 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
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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