Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Context triple: [Buffy Sainte-Marie, notableWork, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]
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A.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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B.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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C.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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D.
Trail of Broken Treaties
The Trail of Broken Treaties was a 1972 cross-country protest caravan and occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., organized by Native American activists to demand recognition of treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.
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E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Target entity description: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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A.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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B.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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C.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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D.
Trail of Broken Treaties
The Trail of Broken Treaties was a 1972 cross-country protest caravan and occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., organized by Native American activists to demand recognition of treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.
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E.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
protest song
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single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| aboutEvent |
American Indian Movement
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Indigenous land struggles ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ |
| album | Coincidence and Likely Stories ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buffy Sainte-Marie discography
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Indigenous activism ⓘ |
| composer | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| criticizes |
United States government
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corporate interests ⓘ mainstream media ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
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political music ⓘ protest song ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Indigenous resistance
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Indigenous rights ⓘ Native American history ⓘ colonialism ⓘ corporate power ⓘ government oppression ⓘ media bias ⓘ resource exploitation ⓘ systemic injustice ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Indigenous sovereignty
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cultural survival ⓘ environmental exploitation ⓘ historical injustice ⓘ ongoing colonialism ⓘ political protest ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (book)
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Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| mentions |
corporate media
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government corruption ⓘ uranium mining ⓘ |
| partOf | Coincidence and Likely Stories ⓘ |
| performer | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Chrysalis Records
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Ensign Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
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Subject: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Description of subject: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
Referenced by (8)
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