Bury my heart at Wounded Knee-part 1

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ENJOY the vids while still possible. YouTube might take it down, but I hope not since this depicts the true history and story behind the discovery of the Americas en European colonisation.

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.

No copyright infringement attended. I do not own the movie, the text or the pictures. All rights go to the original developers. This is used for telling the truth of American history from the view point of the Native Americans which is seldom or even not told in history books and entertainment only. There's no financial and/or commercial profit.

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[inotaishu1]

Thanks for uploading. Due to this I know of the book and started reading it in the original language today.

[arafel1964]

@inotaishu1 ; The book is a sad story of many tribes being victim of European colonisation and breaking of treaties.

[1000100soldier]

im native and im proud

[NinjaOutfitInTheWash]

@SlaughterSolutionPro

Sadly no

The color of a mans skin does not define either him or his actions. You can't say that all white people are savage beasts, that is just as racist. We need to start seeing people for people and not for the colors of their skin. This is coming from a white woman, too, but that doesn't really matter.

[FluXez00]

@TyphoonMidget1 that was their own war, for sacred lands to survive, in the end they lived off the land, not destroy it or seek it's minerals and materials that make it sacred and then destroy it. They were interfering but still the natives made peace with the European settlers, the Vikings long before, until they were diseased, depopulated in the 1800's. There was no retaliation, only defending, and to this day the Black Hills are still Sioux, they refuse to give up the lands money can't buy.

[morocatl]

We cannot stop fighting against racism when in our own land we are called wetbacks or when we are asked to get visas in order to move in what belong to us in the first place. I am mexican but I have yaqui and apache and tlaxcalteca and I know all the indigenous people in the American Continent suffer racism from the now Portuguese brazilians or from the Spanish peruvians or bolivians or mexicans which are as white as british or irish "Americans" living in the United States. We are the same race.

[dannyfiq]

For a chinese,this is a great movie....but sad........

[farid1323]

A book that is the greatest story I have heard/seen/read of the natives of America and their fight against the 'civilized', "Crazy Horse The Strange Man Of The Oglalas". Filled my heart with pride that there is/was a man such as he. I am not even a native American. Nor am I white. Yet I am filled with pride. It should be made into a movie.

[dee194578]

The White Man's Greed..something ill never understand

[fl260]

@pellenyberg If you don't want to get wet, don't play with water, man.

[pellenyberg]

@RewardHerDouble Yes A big load of money. PahaSapas is not cheep.

[pellenyberg]

@fl260 Thanks DAD.

[DestroyerOfSense000]

@donkeyfarmgirl I agree with the fact that the government was largely to blame for the Indian Wars. I was disagreeing with your statement about our government today. Our government is far from perfect but it is relatively just and it's far better than most others.

[donkeyfarmgirl]

@DestroyerOfSense000 Huh? Didn't you see the movie? They were murdered by the military and the government backed them. They wanted the gold.

Funny name you have, does that mean you attacked my comment just because it makes sense?? ;)