<P> The prophet Wovoka (Studi) raised Western Indian hopes with his spiritual movement based on a revival of religious practice and the ritual Ghost Dance; it was a messianic movement that promised an end of their suffering under the white man . The assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of nearly 200 Indian men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890 ended such hopes . </P> <P> Henry L. Dawes' wanted to increase the cultural assimilation of Native Americans into American society by his Dawes Act (1887) and his later efforts as head of the Dawes Commission . During the 47 years of implementing the Act, Native Americans lost about 90 million acres (360,000 km2) of treaty land, or about two - thirds of their 1887 land base . About 90,000 Indians were made landless . The Implementation of the Dawes Act disrupted Native American tribes' communal life, culture, and unity . </P> <Ul> <Li> Adam Beach as Charles Eastman </Li> <Li> Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale </Li> <Li> Chevez Ezaneh as Ohiyesa / young Charles </Li> <Li> August Schellenberg as Sitting Bull </Li> <Li> Aidan Quinn as Henry L. Dawes </Li> <Li> Colm Feore as General William Tecumseh Sherman </Li> <Li> Fred Thompson as President Ulysses S. Grant </Li> <Li> Duane Howard as Uncle </Li> <Li> Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse as One Bull </Li> <Li> Brian Stollery as Bishop Whipple </Li> <Li> Shaun Johnston as Col. Nelson A. Miles </Li> <Li> Gordon Tootoosis as Red Cloud </Li> <Li> Billy Merasty as Young Man Afraid Of His Horses </Li> <Li> Morris Birdyellowhead as American Horse </Li> <Li> Eddie Spears as Chasing Crane </Li> <Li> Sean Wei Mah as Bull Head </Li> <Li> Eric Schweig as Gall </Li> <Li> Jimmy Herman as Yellow Bird </Li> <Li> Patrick St. Esprit as Major James Walsh </Li> <Li> J.K. Simmons as James McLaughlin </Li> <Li> Wes Studi as Wovoka / Jack Wilson </Li> <Li> Marty Atonini as Col. James W. Forsyth </Li> <Li> Lee Tergesen as Daniel F. Royer </Li> </Ul> <Li> Adam Beach as Charles Eastman </Li>

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