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November: Native American Heritage Month
November 15 – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee [2007]: PG-13, 2h 13m
In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. In Washington, D.C., Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn) introduces legislation to protect Native Americans rights. In South Dakota, schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin) joins Sioux native and Western-educated Dr. Charles Eastman in working with tribe members. Meanwhile, Lakota Chief Sitting Bull refuses to give into mounting government pressures.
November 22 – Smoke Signals [1998]: PG-13, 1h 29m
November 29 – American Native (documentary) [2014]: G, 1h 23m