Sitting Bull — Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Character Profile

About Sitting Bull

A Sioux chief who fiercely refuses to submit to U.S. policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity, and sacred Black Hills land, actively blocking the Dawes Commission's plan to break up the Great Sioux Reservation.

Character Facts

Played by

August Schellenberg

Appears in

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Sitting Bull — Social Reformer And Chief — Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin)

  Government-appointed educator interacting with the paramount tribal leader.

• Sitting Bull — Conflict Adversary — President Ulysses S. Grant (Fred Thompson)

  Native leadership resisting federal authority and land seizure mandates.

• Sitting Bull — Conflict Opponent — Ohiyesa / Young Charles (Chevez Ezaneh)

  Ideological adversaries representing assimilation efforts versus indigenous sovereignty.

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• Col. Nelson Miles (Shaun Johnston)
• Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn)
• Bull Head (Sean Wei Mah)
• Chasing Crane (Eddie Spears)
• Young Man Afraid (Billy Merasty)
• Gall (Eric Schweig)
• Scarlet Whirlwind (Holly Bird)
• General Sherman (Colm Feore)
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