Henry Dawes — Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Character Profile

About Henry Dawes

U.S. Senator and architect of the Dawes Act who advocates allotting Indian lands to individuals to force subsistence farming and cultural assimilation, lobbying the President while opposing General Sherman's adversarial stance.

Character Facts

Played by

Aidan Quinn

Appears in

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

Role

Supporting

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