Woman Walks Ahead Page #5

we should call this off.

I thought you bribed

these people.

I have a list of six more

chiefs who gave me their word

they'd speak here today

in favor of the Allotment Act.

[CROOK] Are any of them

prepared to stand up?

We have a real chance here.

Maybe we should just adjourn

till tomorrow.

- I would like to speak.

- [SPEAKS LAKOTA] No, you won't.

He's not a registered member

of any tribal council.

We have the power to say no.

Power?

[LAUGHS] You wanna speak, Bull?

- You go ahead.

- General.

Let the man speak, for Christ's

sake. This is a free land.

What do you have to say,

my old friend?

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

Since the white man came...

...and broke up the grassland

with his ploughs...

...the earth has turned to dust.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

In this dust, there is

the body of Crazy Horse...

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...American Horse...

[SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...Spotted Tail...

[SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...Black Kettle...

- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

- ...Sword...

- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

- ...Two Moons...

- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

- ...Rain in the Face.

- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]

- When the wind blows...

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...it blows our heroes

in our faces.

[SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

Our diplomats.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

[SUSAN] Our doctors.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

[SUSAN] Our priests.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

Our dead children.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

The Great Spirit speaks to us

in clouds of dust.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

[SUSAN] You cannot sell...

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...pieces of the earth...

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

...because the earth

belongs to God.

[SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

We must tell these people

to go home...

- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]

- ...back to Washington,

and not hurt the earth any more.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

[SUSAN] Enough. Enough.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

We will give no more

of our land away.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

Not even this much.

[CROWD WHOOPING AND YELLING]

[WHOOPING STOPS]

[CROOK] Anybody else

care to speak?

[WHISPERS] You're not

helping me, General?

- We have to adjourn.

- Adjourn?

Why don't we go

straight to a vote?

Sir, if we vote now, they'll

vote against. You know that.

It's called democracy,

Colonel Groves.

This is a mistake, General.

All those in favor

of the Allotment Treaty,

line up at the red circle.

Those against it,

line up at the blue.

[SPEAKS LAKOTA]

What the hell are they doing?

They're handing us a victory.

You don't get it, do you?

Don't you understand?

This is what the General

wanted all along.

If we lose the vote, they'll

have an excuse to go to war.

And deep down,

that's what the Bull wants too.

To find our way on the open

prairie, we stop sometimes

and look, remember.

With people too.

You stop sometimes

and look and remember.

It's called cantognake.

To place and hold in your heart.

This moment.

Our power returning.

Young again.

Hold it in your heart.

You are already in my heart.

So, you should know...

...the spirits have told me

that this is the winter

I'll cross over

into the spirit world.

No. I don't want...

[SNIFFS]

Don't tell me that.

Cantognake.

I've finished it.

Come and see.

You've made me look too old.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[DOOR BANGS]

Congratulations.

It's a beautiful painting.

Get out of my house.

What did he say?

What is it?

Don't forget about our dinner

in New York City, Mrs. Weldon.

[DOOR SHUTS]

Jesus, it's so quiet.

I wish a dog would bark.

They really can't charge you

with sedition...

...and I'm a witness you never

took part in any violence.

When does the river freeze?

When the geese fly.

We have to leave

before then or...

...we'll be stuck here

all winter.

We'll leave tomorrow...

...and when we go to New York

we can stay in my apartment.

[SHE SOBS]

[SOBS]

My parents will have a fit.

[SNIFFS]

There's lights in the streets

now, since you've been there.

It never really

gets dark any more.

[SNIFFS]

Fire needs more logs.

[SOBS] I'm warm enough.

[SIGHS]

Go. The Lakota like

a woman who works hard.

[SHE GASPS AND SCREAMS]

No! No!

No! No!

[CHASKA] What's happening?

Corporal?

Where are you going?

We're off the reservation.

You're free to go. You're safe.

Mrs. Wel... Mrs. Weldon,

you'll never make it!

[SHE PANTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTS]

[CRIES]

[SINGS LAKOTA DEATH SONG]

[EAGLE CALLS]

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