Elaine Goodale — Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Character Profile

About Elaine Goodale

A New England reformer and Superintendent of Indian Schools in the Dakotas who works alongside Charles Eastman to improve living conditions for Native Americans on the reservation.

Elaine Goodale — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Anna Paquin

Appears in

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Elaine Goodale — Romantic Spouse — Ohiyesa / Young Charles (Chevez Ezaneh)

  Future spouses united by personal affection and a shared commitment to Native American welfare.

• Elaine Goodale — Social Reformer And Chief — Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg)

  Government-appointed educator interacting with the paramount tribal leader.

• Elaine Goodale — Professional Administrator And Reformer — President Ulysses S. Grant (Fred Thompson)

  Federal leadership and ground-level reformer sharing policy objectives.

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