Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production
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Label
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
755033248
Responsibility statement
HBO Films presents ; directed by Yves Simoneau ; screenplay by Daniel Giat ; produced by Clara George ; a Wolf Films/Traveler's Rest Films production
Runtime
132
Summary
By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives of Charles Eastman-a Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor; Senator Henry Dawes-member of the Committee on Indian Affairs; and Sitting Bull intersect in a manner that seems fated. The question that faces the government and the Sioux seems to leave two answers: assimilation versus extermination? It is answered by 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
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Epic fall of the American Indian
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Dawes, Henry L., Henry Laurens, 1816-1903
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898
- Dakota Indians + Wars, 1890-1891
- Western television programs
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- West (U.S.)
- Historical television programs
- Indians, Treatment of -- North America
- Grant, Ulysses S., Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885
- Made-for-TV movies
- Brown, Dee Alexander -- Television adaptations
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939
- Television adaptations
- Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Actor
Director
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Producer
resource.screenwriter
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor18
- Genre5
- Subject16
- Dawes, Henry L., Henry Laurens, 1816-1903
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898
- Dakota Indians + Wars, 1890-1891
- Western television programs
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- West (U.S.)
- Historical television programs
- Indians, Treatment of -- North America
- Grant, Ulysses S., Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885
- Made-for-TV movies
- Brown, Dee Alexander -- Television adaptations
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
- Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939
- Television adaptations
- Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
- Actor10
- Director1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1