Description
The action centers on the struggles of three characters; Charles Eastman (Adam Beach, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS), a young Dartmouth-educated Sioux Doctor; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg, THE NEW WORLD), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and their sacred land - the Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn, EMPIRE FALLS), one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs.
While Eastman and school teacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin, X-MEN:THE LAST STAND) work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder treatment.
Epic in scope, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE is a new Western classic.