Film Analysis – Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee The film “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee” is about the assimilation of Native Americans into American culture and society. The film is a historical drama directed by Yves Simoneau. The film begins by showing the U.S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, then shows their continued efforts afterward to remove the Sioux Indians from their own land. The film shows a boy named Ohíye S'a who is taken from his father to be assimilated into American culture, given a new name as Charles Alexander Eastman, and leaves his old life for this new one. Years pass and Charles is a grown man who has become a doctor and fights for the rights of his people using his unique position of being on both sides of the conflict. Meanwhile, his old tribe is constantly harassed and attacked by US forces, forcing them to attempt to flee to Canada to survive. Proving too difficult, the tribe eventually gives up and joins a Native American reservation, where Charles comes to care for the sick. All hope seemed lost until Wovoka begins teaching the members of the reservation the ghost dance, which is a dance that they believe will give them back their land. This leads to the death of Sitting Bull and the massacre of approximately 200 natives. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay The film contains a fair amount of inaccuracies and inaccuracies within it. One accuracy that the film corrected was Sitting Bull's death, which occurred similarly in the film as in reality. Another accuracy was that Charles Eastman stood at Wounded Knee and helped the wounded and collected the bodies of those who died in 1890. A major inaccuracy that caused much controversy was the way Sitting Bull was portrayed. In the film, Sitting Bull did things like whipping two fellow Indians, which it is said never happened, and that he was instead a holy man who cared for others. Finally, another inaccuracy was how Henry Dawes was portrayed as caring about the Native Americans, but in reality only wanting their forced removal from their land. Personally I quite liked the film, it certainly wasn't my favorite that we've seen so far this year due to its slow pace. I feel like this movie is intended for a specific audience and I'm not part of that spectrum. The film has historical value as it was mostly historically accurate aside from things like how certain people behaved. If I had to create a solution to the “Indian problem” in the late 1880s, I personally would have left them in their land and instead tried to slowly unite both cultures with peace rather than force or violence. In the film, Canada is portrayed similarly to how I would, with gracious hospitality and attempts at communication.