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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee   2007         TV, 135 min. Genre: Drama / Western Director: Yves Simoneau   Cast: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Dalton Thompson, Anna Paquin, Shaun Johnston, Wayne Charles Baker, Eddie Spears, Lee Tergesen, Tom Carey   This made-for-TV docudrama begins with the Sioux victory over General Custer and his troops at Little Big Horn in 1876 and follows through to the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee almost 15 years later. Several intervening stories are told including that of Charles Eastman (Adam Beach) a Sioux doctor working to improve the Native Americans' quality of life, Lakota chief Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg) proudly holding on to his land, and Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn) who helped develop the U.S. government policy on Indian affairs. Observing from different perspectives, it becomes apparent that achieving assimilation proves to be a difficult process. Cast Aidan Quinn Henry Dawes Adam Beach Charles Eastman August Schellenberg Sitting Bull J.K. Simmons McLaughlin Eric Schweig Gall Wes Studi Wovoka aka Jack Wilson Colm Feore General Sherman Gordon Tootoosis Chief Red Cloud Fred Dalton Thompson President U.S. Grant Anna Paquin Elaine Goodale Shaun Johnston Col. Nelson Miles Wayne Charles Baker Jacob Eddie Spears Chasing Crane Lee Tergesen Daniel Royer Tom Carey Issue Clerk