Bury my heart at Wounded Knee-part 2

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Beginning with the Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE intertwines the unique perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land - the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn), one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs.

While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin) work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant (Thompson) for more humane treatment, opposing the bellicose stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Feore).

Hope rises for the Sioux in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Studi) and the Ghost Dance - a messianic movement that promises an end of their suffering under the white man.

This hope is all but obliterated after the killing of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890.

Published in 1971, Dee Brown's book is one of the foremost works documenting the systematic subjugation of the American Indian during the latter half of the 19th century. It has sold nearly five million copies and has been translated into 17 languages.

From Brown's encyclopedic tome chronicling the fate of the Dakota, Ute, Cheyenne and other tribes, the film focuses on the events leading up to the massacre of the Sioux, which many consider one of the most grievous atrocities in United States history.

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[moonlightblossom]

@98bigbutt

Don't make excuses. The Europeans should have never colonized the continent in the first place.

[libertyqueen]

There is biological ancestry and there is spiritual ancestry. Many people who were biological white people during the times of this film are biological native americans now and vice versa and the same goes for spiritual ancestry. White people have a native earth-based biological and spiritual ancestry that goes back thousands of years similar to all aboriginal peoples. No one can claim to own Spirit or the ways of honoring Mother Earth. The lines of The People are meeting to bring Peace.

[yomejustacandy]

@moonlightblossom And the Cro Magnon should never have colonized Europe, if you think Natives Americans had it bad, you should see how the Neaderthals are doing.

[Mosh4Yesh777]

"I want to know to which god the white robe is praying. The same god whom you decieved when you made treaty with us and broke it?" Powerful words. I ashamed to say that some of my fellow Christians did crap like this. To any native peoples who may be reading this, I apologize on behalf of all of those so-called Christians who did such horrific things in the name of my God. I'm sorry.

[EliManningFan896]

Rest in peace Gordon Tootoosis(Portraying Red Cloud)! </3 =,)

[DestroyerOfSense000]

@libertyqueen Well said.

[MrBushman1982]

im a european man born in usa but this is ur land i wold love to give it back look at my page im a native to but where none as pagans celtic/ vikings/ sami ........native pride 4 life .....blass it be.

[arafel1964]

@everagej ; I never said that modern medicine sólely originated from natives but a lót of modern medicine does originate from Native American knowledge.

[everagej]

@arafel1964

Again, another lie. Modern medicine did not solely originate with the native americans. Have you ever heard of Imhotep? Also, many have went to Africa and studied their herbalism and incorporated it into modern medicine.

[everagej]

@arafel1964

You definitely haven't read far enough. Concept of zero has been around way before the Mayan!

[perkydoo]

I think I added "Shut your a.. up! while I was at it! LOL!