Monday, September 27, 2010
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
We spent the past few classes watching the film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The story depicts the last days of the free roaming Native Americans and the process of removing the Native Americans from the Great Plains and assimilating them to white culture. We've spent a good week reading about and discussing the conflicts between Native American and white cultures. Do you think the film accurately depicts what we've learned in class? Give a few examples to back up your opinion. What did you like about the film?
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I think it was a moderately accurate depiction (what I saw of it.) I say this because I doubt a Native American would be treated equal after the assimilation process, however the main historical facts were true.
ReplyDeleteI really think that the film accurately depicts what we've learned in class so far. All the scenes had very powerful meanings and points to them. I thought they did a wonderful job on the film. I loved it.
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ReplyDeleteThe unfortunate events that took place in the movie greatly depicts the events that we have also been learning about in class. They were for the most part historically accurate and allowed me to get a better picture and better understanding of these events.Also interpreting greater elements like music to make the scenes more dramatic. They made it as realistic as possible; suppling us with the lurid veiws of innocent natives being slaughtered.
ReplyDeleteOne thing i liked about the movie the most was the way they directed each frame so that it was a powerful image or photo if it was frozen. Also being accompanied by the music.
I believe in some ways the movie depicts what we've learned in class, and also I'd have to disagree. I would mostly have to say that the movie goes along with what we've learned in clas because the native americans seemed to be shown in the ways I had pictured them, and the battle scenes and shootings of young children are around the same points of what we've talked about. I disagree that the movie depicts what we've learned in class because some things seemed a little over-did in the movie. I liked this film because it vivdly showed the surroundings, people and personalities of the groups of people. Usually with little dialogue.
ReplyDeleteThe movie depicted what we have been learning very well. It showed the conflicts between the Native Americans, settlers, and the government well and the outcome of the conflicts, the battles. We also covered the Carlisle School which was basically what Charles went through. The movie showed how Charles was gradually assimilated into the society. I liked how this movie was very detailed but comprehensible at the same time, it helped me understand what we have been covering a lot easier.
ReplyDeleteReading about facts is never as touching as seing it "in real". That way we can imagine the real pain the people had to face. Charles, the main character, was forced to become one of the whites. He is successful. However, his roots cannot be forgotten. His life could be perfect but he remains hurt inside. The movie should make us think: "Can we really make people be who they are not?"
ReplyDeleteYes, I felt that the sence were the boy had to cut his hair and then became a doctor and kept having flash backs about the traumatizing experience really showed how the white settlers were forcing there culture on the natives and the margarine impact it had.
ReplyDeleteYes, the movie depicts what we have been learning in class. We learned that Indians had a hard time finding land where they could hunt and how Indians had to go to white schools. So they could practice there religion and become christian. They had to change there name, the way they dressed, and they were not allowed to talk in their native language because if they did they would get punished. This was definetly a hard time back then for the indians. Especially for Charlie when he had t leave the tribe and his father so he could have a better life. He did become a doctor but ihe had to cut his hair when usually thats what they do when someone dies.
ReplyDeleteWhat I liked about the film was how some people were trying to help the indians and sme did not. But at the same time, I did not like how the whites made the indians do what they said and they didn't have a choice other wise.
yes i do think the movie captures what we've learned in class so far. it show how charles had to go throun the process of assimilating and go to the carisle school. he turns out to be a doctor which is the only thing i think is not accurate. we learned that they learned pretty hands on trades like artisans and blacksmith. i just dont believe that he could become a doctor after
ReplyDeletei think that the movie was a good visual aid. it was easy to follow and it made everything in classs more understandable. the best example i can think of is the assimilation. on our test when we were asked about assimilation i tought back to that movie, about the hair cutting and how the native americans had to speak english. i really liked the movie i thought that it was informative.
ReplyDeleteI think the film helped me to better understand what we were learning in class. It gave me a visual of the things that I was reading about and learning in class. However I don't think that the film was exactly the way things happened in real life, because there is no real way to tell.
ReplyDeleteI do think that the movie depicted what we learned in class, because mostly everything we learned in class was in the movie. Like all the battles that took place,and the Carlisle school. It showed how brutal the battles were and how awful the Native Americans were treated and what they went through. I feel like the movie gave me a better understanding of what we were learning too. It is one thing to read about something in a book, take notes, or discuss it but actually like seeing it happen as it did happen really gives you a better understanding. I did like the movie for that too, the fact it gave me a better understanding I realized how scary it was for the Native Americans, and how cruel the whites actually were. The movie also had good acting and good detail they put in their characters and their scenes and the movie itself.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that the movie that was shown accurately depicts the mindset of both the native Americans and the white settlers of the time. The Sioux man who became a doctor portrayed the conflicted behavior that most likely plagued many an assimilated native. overall, I both enjoyed and understood the movie and what it told of.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think the movie accuartely depicts what we've learned in class. The challenges that the Natives had to face like being forced out of their lands and assimilation, were all things we learned about and saw in the movie. It showed the severe battles they had to take on with the white settlers to the cutting of the hair and the brutal punishments for not speaking the english language. Over all, I did like this film. It really gave you an understanding and a feel of what the people had to confront.
ReplyDeleteI think it does accurately depict what we learned in class. The movie showed the school, the struggle of the Native Americans, and even how little the white politicians cared about the Native Americans. This movie helped me understand the events a lot better but I found the movie to be pretty boring.
ReplyDeleteI think the film was exceptionally accurate. It was a good visual aid and a way for people (myself included) to better grasp the whole concept of Native Americans and Whites around the 1800‘s. The scene were the boy was practically forced to board a train, go to school, take a Christian name, and live the lifestyle of a White person was a good way to remember the packet we got in class (On Sacred Ground by Stephanie Anderson). Not only that, but when Sitting Bull and his tribe were made to live in the town and farm- while throwing away their own culture- clearly showed what these people were going through and how difficult it must have been. Even today there are still Indians living on reservations and a big line between them and Whites.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the film accurately depicted what we have been learning in class. It's hard to get the history precise in cinema, but I feel as though they did a fair job showing what happened. They managed to include small details, making it seem even more realistic.
ReplyDeleteAll in all I definitely felt the movie got it's facts straight.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the film depicts pretty well what we learned at school, for example all the challenges and situations that the native americans had to overcome were well represented in the movie.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that i think could be different in the film is how americans treated the assimilated native americans as Charles, i believe that they have never been treated as real americans unlike the movie.
The film really helped me, first to memorize what happened, and second helped me to figure out what indians actually lived, the assimilation process, the wars between native and Americans...
Olmo
I thought for the most part film accurately depicted what we've learned in class. I think the parts about betrayal of natives were probably real, However i don't think natives would have been treated equally after assimilation, they would probably given more rights than before but not as much as the original citizens. i thought film was good, The actor who played chief Sitting bull did a great acting.
ReplyDeletei think the movie depicted everything we were learnig about the native americans and white culture. i feel like they did a really good job showing us how the natives lived and showed us how they got through there situations. but i have to say though that the natives were very strong people they stood up in what they believed in and showed a lot of courage. i thought the movie was really good.
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