When Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was first published in the early 70s I read the book. As a human being it broke my heart, but as an Indian human being it tore my heart to read what happened to the American Indians during the settling of the West.

Over the week-end HBO showed a movie by the title of the book that went into the time leading up to Wounded Knee and when Chief Sitting Bull finally went to a reservation to live so his people would no longer suffer.

It actually tells the story through the eyes of one Sioux man, whose Indian name was changed to Charles Eastman.

You can read the Captain’s review here and, along with the Captain, I urge you to watch this movie while it is running if you have HBO .