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Woman: THERE IS AN INDIAN PROVER:
( speaking Lakota )
"IT IS EASY TO BE BRAVE...
FROM A DISTANCE.
EASY, AND OFTEN QUITE SAFE."
( singing )
ONCE THERE WAS NO HONOR IN KILLING...
( blows )
ONLY NECESSITY.
HONOR CAME WITH TRUE COURAGE.
BUT THAT DAY...
IS LONG GONE.
- ( stick snaps ) - ( bird flapping wings)
( birds squawking )
( horse neighs )
( grunts )
( yelling )
( guns firing )
( women screaming )
OHIYESA, GO WITH THE OTHERS!
( grunts )
I SAID, GO!
GO!
( yells )
( horse neighs )
( guns firing )
( Sioux yelling )
Man: THE MAN WAS A *** IDIOT.
SPLITS HIS FORCES, DAYLIGHT RAID, HIGH NOON.
AN IDIOT, PERHAPS, BUT HE HAD HIS ORDE, MR. PRESIDENT.
"DRIVE THE SIOUX OUT OF THE BLACK HILLS,
ONTO THE RATION ROLLS"
SO THAT WE COULD GET TO THAT DAMN GOLD.
- ( billiard cue strikes ) - THE SIOUX RESISTED.
RESISTED? ***.
THEY RESISTED, GENERAL SHERMAN.
BLOCKING A ROUNDHOUSE TO THE CHIN IS RESISTANCE, HENRY.
MASSACRING FIVE COMPANIES OF CAVALRY--
I AM NOT DEFENDING THEIR BRUTALITY, MR. PRESIDENT.
THE SIOUX RESISTED BECAUSE BY THE '68 TREATY
THIS LAND IS THEIRS,
AND WE HAD NO LEG-
THAT TREATY WAS ALSO ONLY SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM FOR FOUR YEARS,
AND YET HERE WE ARE EIGHT YEARS LATER,
AND YOU SENATORS ARE PASSING A MILLION-A-YEAR APPROPRIATION
TO KEEP FILLING THEIR BELLIES. WHY?
TO KEEP THEM FROM STARVING, GENERA.
President Grant: AND THAT'S ALL IT'S DONE-- MADE THEM BEGGARS.
HASN'T ADVANCED THEM ONE BIT.
- AND THOSE SMART ENOUGH NOT TO SIGN-- - DO THIS.
THEY WERE ATTACKED BY US FIRST.
( chuckling )
AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US DO, DAWES?
CUT AND RUN?
MR. PRESIDENT,
THIS IS A SENSELESS ARGUMENT.
A SENSELESS ARGUMENT?
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO THOSE MEN ON THAT HILL?
THEY DID THINGS EVEN I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
HENRY?
THE SURVIVAL OF THE INDIAN IS YOUR DEEPEST CONCERN, ISN'T IT SO?
YOU KNOW IT IS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOURS.
AND IT STILL IS.
I APPOINTED AN INDIAN TO THE HEAD OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
I'LL REMIND YOU.
ANOTHER DECISION THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES WERE SO FOND OF.
AND ANOTHER DAMN KNOT IN THE NOOSE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
ALONG WITH A THREE-YEAR DEPRESSION AND A BANKRUPT TREASURY.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT MONEY, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS.
AND WHEN YOU MAKE AN AGREEMENT, YOU HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION
- TO FULFILL-- - IN SPITE OF THIS ATROCITY...
I STILL BELIEVE THAT SETTING THE INDIANS
ON THE COURSE TO CIVILIZATION
BEST ENSURES THEIR SURVIVAL. NOW, DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT AGREE?
YES, SIR. I DO.
THEN YOU CAN'T DENY THAT THERE'S NO SAVING THE SIOUX
UNLESS WE COMPEL THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR WAY OF LIFE
AND SETTLE ON THE RESERVATION.
I'LL SAY IT TILL MY TONGUE BLEEDS:
IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO CLAIM WHAT WE BOUGHT FROM THE FRENCH
AND WHOOPED THE MEXICANS FOR,
IT'S GOING TO MEAN KILLING INDIANS.
( all hooting )
WHOA.
YOUR FATHER.
DID YOU WIN THIS FEATHER?
YES.
IN THE FIGHT AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN.
300 OF US WERE TO BE HANGED.
I KILLED TWO WH, BUT THE GREAT FR LINCOLN SAVED M.
HE SENT ME TO PRISON WHERE MY HEART WAS MADE FREE.
- FREE? - YES.
BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED THERE IS ANOTHER ROAD
THAT RUNS BESIDE THE WARPATH.
A SECRET ROAD...
ONLY KNOWN TO THE CHRIST WORSHIPPERS.
AND YOU CAME BACK, TO MAKE US CHRIST WORSHIPPE?
NO.
I HAVE COME FOR MY SON.
( singing Christian song )
O LORD, GRANT US THE WISDOM AND STRENGTH
TO COME TO A PEACEFUL ACCORD
WITH OUR RED BROTHERS HERE WITH US TODAY:
GREAT CHIEF OF THE OGLALA SIOUX, RED CLOUD;
HIS HEAD MEN
YOUNG MAN AFRAID OF HIS HORSES,
AMERICAN HORSE,
AND OTHERS.
WE BESEECH YOU, O LORD,
IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
- AMEN. - AMEN.
I WANT TO KNOW TO WHICH GOD THE WHITE ROBE IS PRAYING.
THE SAME GOD WHOM YOU DECEIVED WHEN YOU MADE TREATY WITH US
AND BROKE I?
WE COME TO YOU ONCE AGAIN TO NEGOTIATE FOR YOUR RIGHTS TO THE BLACK HILLS
AND YOUR OLD HUNTING GROUND.
I AM SPEAKING, OR HAS MY MEDICINE MADE US INVISIBLE TO YOU?
IF SO, YOU WILL NOT NOTICE WHEN I LEAD MY PEOPLE OUT OF HERE,
BACK TO OUR LANDS.
( all laughing )
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF RED CLOUD'S YOUNG BUCKS
WERE AT THE LITTLE BIGHN WITH SITTING BULL AND CRAZY HORSE.
THOSE MEN WERE HUNTING,
AS THE AGENT PERMITTED.
Man: INDEED THEY WERE HUNTING.
THEY WERE HUNTING FOR WHITE SCALPS.
I AM A FRIEND OF THE GREAT FATHER, PRESIDENT GRANT.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, HE DID NOT WISH
FOR THERE TO BE WAR BETWEEN US AGAIN.
THE GREAT FATHER IS THE CHIEF OF ALL YOUR PEOPLE,
CHOSEN BY THEM.
DID HE NOT ORDER THOSE SOLDIERS TO ATTACK?
YES, IT WAS THE GREAT FATHER'S ORDER.
BUT IT DID NOT COME FROM HIS HEART.
THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WHITES DO THINGS.
AND NOW YOU WILL PLACE A PAPER BEFORE US THAT SAYS,
"GIVE THE BLACK HILLS AND YOUR OLD HUNTING LANDS TO US
OR WE WILL NO LONGER FEED YOU,
AND WE WILL KILL SITTING BULL AND ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO FIGHT."
- IS THAT NOT SO? - ALL RIGHT.
RED CLOUD HAS HAD HIS SAY.
Dawes: THIS NEW AGREEMENT...
WILL ENSURE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
AND A NEW HOME AT AN AGENCY TO BE KNOWN...
AS PINE RIDGE.
WE NO LONGER WISH YOUR SUPPORT.
WE WISH TO HUNT ON THE LANDS
WHICH THE TREATY SAID WE MAY KEEP.
ONLY AS LONG AS THE GAME ABOUNDS. THE GAME IS SCARCE NOW.
BECAUSE OF YOUR HUNTIG FOR AMUSEMENT.
THE PAPER YOU SIGNED ALLOWS FOR US TO LAY RAIL.
YOU AGREED TO THIS WHEN YOU TOUCHED THE PEN.
I TOUCHED THE PEN BECAUSE I WANTED PEAC.
FOR THE PAST EIGHT SN,
MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING LIKE THE POOREST OF WHI.
WHERE ARE THE FINE THINGS YOU PROMISED?
THE KIND YOU LAVISH ON US WHEN YOU WANT OUR MARK ON YOUR PAPER?
CHIEF RED CLOUD, DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT
SIGN THE PAPER AND ADVISE YOUR PEOPLE
TO DO THE SAME?
AM I INVISIBLE NOW? I AM SPEAKING TO YOU.
COLONEL MILES, ENOUGH.
I WILL SPEAK STRAIGHT TO YOU
BECAUSE THESE ARE THE WORDS
OF THE GREAT FATHER AND HIS PEOPLE.
YOU MUST TOUCH PEN TO THIS PAPER,
OR YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL PERISH.
( hoofbeats thundering )
( children laughing )
( women speaking Lakota )
Bull Head: SOLDIERS!
- ( all hooting ) - SOLDIERS!
BEAR COAT.
THEY SAY HE WAS FEARLESS IN THE WHITES' BIG WAR AGAINST THEMSELVES.
BEAR COAT WAS A FRID OF LONGHAIR CUSTER.
HE COMES FOR REVE.
( Sioux yelling )
( horses neighing )
SITTING BULL REQUESD THIS COUNCIL.
WE AWAIT HIS WORDS.
TAKE YOUR SOLDIERS OUT OF HERE--
- THEY SCARE THE GAME AWAY. - VERY WELL, SIR.
TELL ME THEN, HOW FAR AY SHOULD I TAKE MY MEN?
YOU MUST TAKE THEM OUT OF OUR LANDS.
WHAT PRECISELY ARE YOUR LANDS?
THESE ARE THE LANDS WHERE MY PEOPLE LIVED BEFORE YOU WHITES FIRST CAME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAN.
WE WHITES WERE NOT YOUR FIRST ENEMIES.
WHY DON'T YOU DEMAND BACK THE LAND IN MINNESOTA
WHERE THE CHIPPEWA AND OTHERS FORCEDU FROM YEARS BEFORE?
THE BLACK HILLS ARE A SACRED LAND
GIVEN TO MY PEOPLE BY WAKAN TANKA.
HOW VERY CONVENIENT TO CLOAK YOUR CLAIMS IN SPIRITUALISM.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE MORMONS AND OTS
WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR GOD HAS GIVEN TO THEM INDIAN LANDS IN THE W?
I WOULD SAY THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO WAKAN TANKA.
( chuckles )
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LEGENDS SAY,
YOU DIDN'T SPROUT FROM THE PLAINS LIKE THE SPRING GRASSES.
AND YOU DIDN'T COALESE OUT OF THE ETHER.
YOU CAME OUT OF THE MINNESOTA WOODLANDS ARMED TO THE TEETH
AND SET UPON YOUR FELLOW MAN.
YOU MASSACRED THE KIOWA, THE OM,
THE PONCA, THE OTO AND THE PAWNEE WITHOUT MERCY.
AND YET YOU CLAIM THE BLACK HILLS AS A PRIVATE PRESERVE
BEQUEATHED TO YOU BY THE GREAT SPIRIT.
AND WHO GAVE US THE GUNS AND POWDER TO KILL OUR ENEMIES?
AND WHO TRADED WEAPONS TO THE CHIPPEWA AND OTHERS WHO DROVE US FROM OUR HOME?
CHIEF SITTING BULL, THE PROPOSITION THAT YOU WERE A PEACEABLE PEOPLE
BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF THE WHITE MAN
IS THE MOST FANCIFUL LEGEND OF AL.
YOU WERE KILLING EACH OTHR FOR HUNDREDS OF MOONS
BEFORE THE FIRST WHITE STEPPED FOOT ON THIS CONTINENT.
YOU CONQUERED THOSE TRIBE, *** FOR THEIR GAME AND THEIR LANDS,
JUST AS WE HAVE NOW CONQUERED YOU FOR NO LESS NOBLE A CAU.
THIS IS YOUR STORY OF MY PEOPLE!
THIS IS THE TRUTH, NOT LEGEND.
CRAZY HORSE HAS SURRENDERED...
WITH HIS ENTIRE BAND.
AND BY HIS SURREN, HE SAYS TO YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE
THAT YOU ARE DEFEAT.
AND BY CEDING THE BLACK HILLS TO ,
SO SAY RED CLOUD AND THE OTHER CHI,
WHO DEMAND THAT YOU ED THIS WAR AND TAKE YOU PLACE ON THE RESERVAT.
RED CLOUD IS NO LONGER A CHIEF.
HE IS A WOMAN YOU HAVE MOUNTED AND HAD YOUR WAY WITH.
DO NOT SPEAK TO ME OF RED CLOUD!
I SUPPOSE YOU ARE THE ONLY CHIEF THEN?
SITTING BULL ISG OF ALL THE INDI.
AH, HUMILITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE FOUR VIRTUES OF A SIOUX CH.
SITTING BULL SHOWS HIS TRUE NATURE NOW.
I HAVE HAD MY SAY WITH YOU.
AND I HAVE HAD MY SAY WITH YOU.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A FIGHT.
SO BE IT.
( thunder rumbles )
( horses neigh )
( singing in Lako)
( yelling )
ARTILLERY, PREPARE TO FIRE A VOLLEY.
( Sioux calling out )
COMPANY, SHOULDER ARMS!
FIRE AT WILL.
ARTILLERY, RELOAD.
INFANTRY, PREPARE TO FIRE.
AND FIRE!
FRONT LINE, RELOAD!
FIRE.
FIRE. FIRE.
FRONT LINE, RELOAD!
CLOSE RANKS!
PLATOON...
FORWARD!
Man: FIRES ARE COLD, SIR. THEY LEFT HOURS AGO.
- BURN IT ALL. - Man: YES, SIR.
BURN IT ALL DOWN-- EVERYTHING!
GET A TORCH OVER HERE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ONE TEPEE STANDING.
( playing softly )
CANADA.
WHO CAN GIVE ME THE NAMES
OF THE LAST FOUR PRESIDENTS?
I WOULD CALL ON YOU, OHIYESA,
BUT IT MUST BE BY A WHITE NAME.
HAVE YOU CHOSEN ONE FROM YOUR BOOK?
NO, MISSUS.
SHALL I CHOOSE ONE FOR YOU?
NO, MISSUS.
RAISE YOUR HAND ONLY IF YOU CAN NAME ALL FOUR.
IF JUST ONE STUDENT CAN NAME ALL FOUR,
I WILL DISMISS YOU EARLY.
( children laughing )
( *** rifle )
MORNING, SIR.
MAJOR WALSH, NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE.
PEOPLE OF CANADA HAVE HEARD OF YOUR VICTORY
OVER THE SOLDIERS IN MONTANA.
QUEEN VICTORIA BELIEVES THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
IS TO BLAME FOR THIS TROUBLE.
SO YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE...
YOU'RE WELCOME HERE.
I KNOW THE GRANDMOTHER'S HEART FOR THE RED MAN.
NOW THEY WILL LEARN ON THE RESERVATION THAT WE ARE SAFE.
AND CRAZY HORSE WILL COME.
- AND MANY MORE. - CRAZY HORSE?
HE WAS THE WAR CHIEF WITH YOU AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN VALLEY?
HE WAS MADE TO SURRENDER,
BUT THAT LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.
NO, APPARENTLY NOT, SIR.
CRAZY HORSE IS DEAD.
HE RESISTED WHILE THEY WERE LOCKING HIM UP FOR SOME TROUBLE.
IF OTHERS JOIN YOU, THEY'RE WELCOME HERE.
BUT YOU CANNOT USE OUR LAND AS A BASE FROM WHICH TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES.
NOR CAN YOU MAKE RAIDS ON OTHER TRIBES HERE
OR INTERFERE WITH THEIR HUNTING.
IF YOU DO, I'LL HAVE TO BRING OUR OWN SOLDIERS,
AND FORCE YOU ALL TO LEAVE.
NOW, WE'VE BROUGHT YOU SOME FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
YOU'LL FIND BUFFALO IN THE VALLEYS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
I SUGGEST YOU DO YOUR HUNTING NOW AND TAKE AS MUCH MEAT AND SKINS AS YOU CAN.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE DAKOTA HERE.
OUR WINTERS CAN BE HARSH.
TOMORROW, WE WILL REVIEW FRACTIONS AND VERBS.
DON'T FORGET YOUR HOMEWORK.
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM ALL THE CHILDREN ON THE SETTLEMENT.
THIS WOMAN HAS COME TO TAKE YOU TO A NEW SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS.
ILLINOIS?
IF YOU STUDY AS HARD THERE
AS YOU DID HERE, CHILD,
YOU WILL GO ON TO COLLEGE AND STUDY EVEN FURTHER.
AND LEARN THE TRADE OF THE WHITE MAN.
I DON'T WANT TO GO.
EXCUSE ME.