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

玛雅文明末期，奢华淫靡之气蔓延，为了祭奠那些刚刚落成的金字塔以及驱散众神的愤怒，玛雅王国派出强悍的军队入侵丛林深处的弱小部落，将战俘作为祭天的牺牲斩杀。 　　年轻骁勇的战士虎爪（Rudy Youngblood 饰）和族人过着平静的生活，他有可爱的儿子和美丽的妻子，并且不久将迎来新的生命。但玛雅军队打破了这一切，他的部落遭到袭击，虎爪及时将妻儿藏在深坑之中，自己却不慎被俘。 　　经过一路坎坷，他和其他战俘来到玛雅城。无数头颅被可耻的刽子手斩落，但即便在这个时刻，虎爪也念念不忘丛林深处的妻儿。只要一息尚存，他无论如何也要回到妻儿的身边……

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