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Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastma n (Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmo uth-educ ated, Sioux do ctor held up a s livin g proof of the alleged su ccess of assi milation; Sitt ing Bull ( Schellenberg), the proud Lako ta chief who refuses to submit to U .S. govern ment po licies designe d to str ip his people of their ident ity, their dignity an d their sacred land – the gol d-laden Bla ck Hills of the Dakotas; an d Senator Henry Dawes (Q uinn), who was one of the archite cts of the government policy on India n affairs . While Ea stman and p atrician schoolteache r Elaine Goo dale (P aquin) wo rk to im prove li fe for the Indian s on the re servatio n, Senator Dawes lobbi es Pres ident Grant (T hompson) for more huma ne treatment, opposin g the belli cose stanc e of General William Tec umseh Sh erman (Fe ore). Hope r ises for the Indians in the form of the prophe t Wovoka (St udi) and the Ghost Da nce – a mes sianic moveme nt that pro mises an end o f their suffer ing under the white man. This hope is o bliterated after the assassi nation o f Sitting Bu ll and the ma ssacre of hun dreds of Indian men, wo men and child ren by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Kn ee Creek on De c. 29, 1890. Written b y HBO Films详情
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