Bury my heart at Wounded Knee-part 4

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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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• Native American history
• Ghost Dance
• genocide
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[markiznutts]

White man is not my fav s=man but i also respect them i will be sad for life until we get our land n pride bac i life is no more pride jesus it not a god he is a nother man Creator is my hero Crazy Horse N Sitting Bole For life n little big horn I love how he speaks my language

[arafel1964]

It'll be difficult to get your land back though I've heard that the Lakotah have declared independance for their land.

But you must be proud. Native Americans are considered as 1 of the most beautiful people on earth after the Tibetan buddhists. Also, because they both knew how to live in relative peace and harmony with the lands compared to other cultures they are more and more praised for their wisdom which can be an answer for todays greed, wars, treatment of animals and pollution. Peace.

[inotaishu1]

@arafel1964 Ok, no offense but are you sure that this is true? I mean as far as I know Native American's have degraded land and exterminated species as well. So are you sure you are not mistaking virtue with lack of opportunity, so to say?

[arafel1964]

@inotaishu1 ; Native Americans in those days never polluted the lands, killed whole species like the buffalos or wolves or harvested all plants empty because they needed to live and thus take care for it. They believed that everything should be in balance. That does not mean there were no infights. Give me links to what you claim, please

[butkicker75]

2:37

what is a link to that full song in soiux version?

[arafel1964]

@butkicker75 ; I'm sorry but I don't know it. I hope others can give you an answer.

[Bchette]

she maybe white, but he married her out of love, and it is time for us all to do that, love one another

[MidnightKobra123]

the canadains r nice i thought they were like the U.S.

[pdana81]

Ohhh Adam Beach, very nice looking native man rate there :)

[HaywardSouth]

Wow. This whole movie is a commie re-write of history. Biiiiiiiiig surprise, there . . . \s

[1ntoxicated1]

No matter what color we our we are all god`s people

[1alejo2]

I may be a good Catholic and a strong believer in God, but man you cannot do that to a young man who's able to make his own choices. It's pretty clear that he doesn't want to convert.

[CrassClown9967]

If I had the power... I would fight both the American and Canadian governments to reclaim our lands. They were not meant for this purpose. I would have loved to live the life of our ancestors.

[inotaishu1]

@arafel1964 Well there would be the North American Overkill theory, either human presence was pure coincidence at that time or there were a defining factor in the mass extinction.

As for a more recent example, Jared Diamond mentioned the Anasazi in his book collapse as an example of a culture dissapearing due to people overusing their lands. If I remember correctly it was due to deforestation. But I can check if you want to, that would be no problem.

[amjean16]

i am white but i have little Native Americans in me but i hate how the white people cant deal with people who r different like the Native Americans ,irish ,and german people, and blacks 2.