简介：BeginningjustafterthebloodySiouxvictoryoverGeneralCusteratLittleBigHorn,BuryMyHeartatWoundedKneeintertwinestheperspectivesofthreecharacters:CharlesEastman(Beach),néOhiyesa,ayoung,Dartmouth-educated,SiouxdoctorheldupaslivingproofoftheallegedsuccessofassimilationSittingBull(Schellenberg),theproudLakotachiefwhorefusestosubmittoU.S.governmentpoliciesdesignedtostriphispeopleoftheiridentity,theirdignityandtheirsacredland–thegold-ladenBlackHillsoftheDakotasandSenatorHenryDawes(Quinn),whowasoneofthearchitectsofthegovernmentpolicyonIndianaffairs.WhileEastmanandpatricianschoolteacherElaineGoodale(Paquin)worktoimprovelifefortheIndiansonthereservation,SenatorDaweslobbiesPresidentGrant(Thompson)formorehumanetreatment,opposingthebellicosestanceofGeneralWilliamTecumsehSherman(Feore).HoperisesfortheIndiansintheformoftheprophetWovoka(Studi)andtheGhostDance–amessianicmovementthatpromisesanendoftheirsufferingunderthewhiteman.ThishopeisobliteratedaftertheassassinationofSittingBullandthemassacreofhundredsofIndianmen,womenandchildrenbythe7thCavalryatWoundedKneeCreekonDec.29,1890.WrittenbyHBOFilms