
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Released
- 2007
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2007
Storyline
A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.
Top credits
Aidan Quinn — Henry Dawes
Adam Beach — Charles Eastman
August Schellenberg — Sitting Bull
Anna Paquin — Elaine Goodale
Awards
6 wins & 11 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• August Schellenberg previously played Sitting Bull in both Witness to Yesterday (1973) and Crazy Horse (1996).
• Sitting bull was killed on Dec. 15, 1890. The Wounded Knee Massacre happened on Dec. 29, 1890. Sitting Bull's surviving family had been at Wounded Knee for two weeks before arriving at the agency from the massacre.
• Originally began development in 1995 as a two-part miniseries for ABC.
User reviews
The Story Speaks Louder Than This Film
Wounded Knee but without the Heart
Excellent movie...not given enough credit.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color


















