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 Eastman (Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (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 (Quinn), who was one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Paquin) work to improve life for the Indians 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 Indians 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 obliterated after the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Indian men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890. Written by HBO Films
萨玛拉·维文,史蒂夫·扎恩,兰道尔·朴,安迪·加西亚,克里斯·鲍尔,卡尔·格洛斯曼,迈克·奥麦利,埃尔·格雷厄姆,马歇尔·林奇,艾迪·莫迪卡,切尔茜·克里斯普,蓬·库巴斯基,布莱恩特·卡罗尔,尼古拉斯·博斯克,塞巴斯蒂安·苏戴斯,Nicholas David King,Michael C. Pizzuto,Penelope Lou,Davis Aguila,Nick Andrisin