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
主演：萨姆·赖利,萨曼莎·莫顿,亚历山德拉·玛丽亚·拉娜,乔·安德森,詹姆斯·安东尼·皮尔森,哈里·崔德威,克雷格·帕金森,托比·凯贝尔,理查德·布雷默,马修·麦克诺提,玛格丽特·杰克曼,Mary Jo Randle,John Cooper Clarke,妮可拉·哈里森,乔治·纽顿,赫贝特·格勒内梅厄,蒂姆· 普莱斯特,奈杰尔·哈里斯
