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.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
“The Epic Fall of the American Indian”
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.
Director
Yves Simoneau
Status
Released
Production
Wolf Entertainment, Traveler's Rest Films, HBO Films
Cast
Anna Paquin
Elaine Goodale
Chevez Ezaneh
Ohiyesa / Young Charles
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
Holly Bird
Scarlet Whirlwind
Sean Wei Mah
Bull Head
Star Birdyellowhead
Bull Head's Wife
Eric Schweig
Gall
Jayson Therrien
Soldier
Chantal Perron
Teacher
Patrick St. Esprit
Major Walsh
David Cowley
Mountie
Adam Beach
Charles Eastman
Jemma Blackwell
Woman
Nakotah LaRance
Crow Foot
Michelle Thrush
Four Robes
Wes Studi
Wovoka
Wes Studi
Jack Wilson
Tokala Black Elk
Little Wolf
Tom Carey
Issue Clerk
Scott McAdam
Photographer
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