Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
Acting
Schellenberg's Sitting Bull — dignity that burns through the screen.
Writing
Eastman's impossible tightrope: too Sioux, too white, never enough.
Cinematography
Vast landscapes that feel increasingly like open-air prisons.
Director
Yves Simoneau
Anna Paquin
Elaine Goodale
August Schellenberg
Sitting Bull
Duane Howard
Uncle
Aidan Quinn
Henry Dawes
Colm Feore
General Sherman
Fred Thompson
President Ulysses S. Grant
Wayne Charles Baker
Jacob
Brian Stollery
Bishop Whipple
Shaun Johnston
Col. Nelson Miles
Gordon Tootoosis
Chief Red Cloud
Billy Merasty
Young Man Afraid
Morris Birdyellowhead
American Horse
Eddie Spears
Chasing Crane
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