Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

6.6

125 minutes

5/27/2007

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.

Cast List

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 Thompson
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse
as One Bull
Wayne Charles Baker
as Jacob
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
Wes Studi
as Jack Wilson
Tokala Black Elk
as Little Wolf
Tom Carey
as Issue Clerk
Scott McAdam
as Photographer