Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

6.5/10 125 min Western Drama History TV Movie War

Overview

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.

Cast

Anna Paquin

Elaine Goodale

August Schellenberg

Sitting Bull

Duane Howard

Uncle

Aidan Quinn

Henry Dawes

Colm Feore

General Sherman

Fred Thompson

President Ulysses S. Grant

Nathan Lee Chasing Horse

One Bull

Wayne Charles Baker

Jacob

Brian Stollery

Bishop Whipple

Shaun Johnston

Col. Nelson Miles

Gordon Tootoosis

Chief Red Cloud

Billy Merasty

Young Man Afraid

Morris Birdyellowhead

American Horse

Eddie Spears

Chasing Crane

Lee Tergesen

Daniel Royer

J.K. Simmons

James McLaughlin

Sean Wei Mah

Bull Head

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