Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

125 mins | Drama, History, Western, TV Movie | May 27, 2007

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

125 mins | Drama, History, Western, TV Movie | May 27, 2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Traveler's Rest Films, HBO Films, Wolf Films
Original title Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Directors Sandi Cameron, Yves Simoneau
Writers Daniel Giat, Dee Brown

Cast

Anna Paquin

as Elaine Goodale

Chevez Ezaneh

as Ohiyesa / Young Charles

August Schellenberg

as Sitting Bull

Duane Howard

as Uncle

Aidan Quinn

as Henry Dawes

Colm Feore

as General Sherman

Fred Dalton Thompson

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Brian Stollery

as Bishop Whipple

Shaun Johnston

as Col. Nelson Miles

Gordon Tootoosis

as Chief Red Cloud

Billy Merasty

as Young Man Afraid

Morris Birdyellowhead

as American Horse

Eddie Spears

as Chasing Crane

Lee Tergesen

as Daniel Royer

J.K. Simmons

as James McLaughlin

Holly Bird

as Scarlet Whirlwind

Sean Wei Mah

as Bull Head

Star Birdyellowhead

as Bull Head's Wife

Eric Schweig

as Gall

Jayson Therrien

as Soldier

Chantal Perron

as Teacher

Patrick St. Esprit

as Major Walsh

David Cowley

as Mountie

Adam Beach

as Charles Eastman

Jemma Blackwell

as Woman

Nakotah LaRance

as Crow Foot

Michelle Thrush

as Four Robes

Wes Studi

as Wovoka / Jack Wilson

Tokala Black Elk

as Little Wolf

Tom Carey

as Issue Clerk

Scott McAdam

as Photographer