Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land – the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Quinn), who was one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Paquin) work to improve life for the Indians on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant (Thompson) for more humane treatment, opposing the bellicose stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Feore). Hope rises for the Indians in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Studi) and the Ghost Dance – a messianic movement that promises an end of their suffering under the white man. This hope is obliterated after 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. Written by HBO Films
谨以百度上的一段文字纪念印第安人的血泪史： 起初在美国等西方国家未到达美洲大陆之前，美洲大陆居住8000万印第安人，美国区域居住1000万以上的印第安人，而如今生活在整个美洲的印第安人不超过400万，在美国的印第安人仅剩20万（不包括混血者）。
不错的电视电影 十分细腻不粗糙 很有史诗大片的感觉 角色内心可以再深入挖掘一下
即使这部正经的历史纪录片兼人文片儿被HBO弄的有点儿小家子气，但我相信这对于影片本身的评价来说也基本是无足轻重的。
