Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
May 27 2007
•2h 5m
•Western, Drama, History, TV Movie, War
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
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Anna Paquin
Elaine Goodale
Chevez Ezaneh
Ohiyesa / Young Charles
August Schellenberg
Sitting Bull
Duane Howard
Uncle
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