Bury my heart at Wounded Knee-part 6

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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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[bearr7]

VERY GOOD 7 STAR********

[Renoir1314]

Charles Eastman started the Boy scouts, based on the principals he was taught during his childhood in the Dakotas.

[canadarox14]

Sitting Bull in this section just breaks my heart. I want to go back in time and hug him, (if he'd put up with that sort of thing.) The actor does a super job of showing his pride but also his heart. It's fantastic.

[canadarox14]

@Renoir1314 Um, I thought Robert Baden Powell started the boy scouts...

[msdtg24]

@98bigbutt yes i just bought it last night for just 6 dollars with free shipping on ebay.

[MrBushman1982]

the pagans are hear for u we will fight with u bless it be

[98bigbutt]

Do they've this movie on DVD because I want it.

[jethro035181]

robert baden powell started the scouting movement in 1908 and not charles eastman.....eastman only helped promote this movement and he help found several native ymca chapters.....i realise there is a pro indian bias here but certain facts can't be challenged

[SpecialEffects9]

14 years after the Little Big Horn, the 7th Cavalry was entrapped in a box canyon, and if it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry, there would have been a second massacre of the 7th Cav.

The Buffalo Soldiers, 9th Cavalry was rewarded with Presidential Parade Escort and Guard Duties for accomplishments, furthermore; the 9th Cav. received as many citations as most of the white cavs.

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