Westerns by Brenda

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Westerns

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UPDATED: Friday, June 28, 2024 13:16
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Friday, June 28, 2024 1:16 PM

Watching a film called, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". It's based on a book and takes place after the Little Big Horn. It is mostly centred around the Dakota people and the setting up of the six reservations that were given to them under treaty.

One character stands out played by Adam Beach, a young Dakota who was sent east to be educated at one of the first residential schools in the US. Then he went on to become a doctor and a shining example of how the Indian could be completely civilized.

He ends up going to the Pine Ridge reservation and that is basically when he starts loosing hope for his people and hope in the white man actually helping them. He sees the start of alcoholism and the loss of hope and dignity. The disrespect shown them and the government starting to take back the land promised under treaty.

You can see his confusion as he struggles with his identity. Is he still a Dakota or just a puppet.

It also shows the rise of the Ghost Dance and the promises it made by feeding into the anger that was rising among many of the nations.

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