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　　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

　　邓巴中尉（凯文•科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）在南北战争中立了大功，政府为了褒奖他，给了他任意选择驻地的特权。邓巴渴望着一种全新的生活，于是选择了遥远偏僻的西部哨所塞克威克。这里住着大量的印第安苏族人。　　一开始苏族人把他的到来有着抗拒，当邓巴主动接近和了解他们的生活，并搭救了一个从小在苏族长大的白人少女后，族人和他之间的关系开始回暖。他得到了一个印第安名字：与狼共舞。邓巴的骑术让族人惊叹，他的善良被大家称赞，和白人少女也日久生情。一次对抗外族入侵的战争中，邓巴更是被封为了苏族人的民族英雄。　　然而马背文化的没落已成必然，白人士兵来到这片土地，驱赶苏族人，捕捉“叛徒”邓巴，这片朴实的土地慢慢改变了容颜……