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bury my heart at wounded knee
In the movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee which originally written by Dee Brown, and produced by HBO Films in year 2007, there are several social roles and social statuses portrayed in the movie.
Social statuses are any of the full range of socially defined positions that someone occupies within a large group or society, from the lowest to the highest. Social status can divided into many types, which are ascribed status, achieved status and master status. Different social statuses have different status symbols. Statuses symbols are the signs that identify a status or recognize a status to the others. Status symbols are different among every countries and cultural regions, based on their development in economics and technology. They may also change over time. Some of the examples of status symbols in daily lives are as police officers; they will wear uniforms, guns and badges. We can also conclude that a person is wealthy by their cars, clothing and accessories that they own as these are considered to be status symbols of the person.
For the example in the movie, Sioux men wear breechcloths and leggings and buckskin shirts; Sioux women Wear long deerskin or elk skin dresses and their hairstyles is in long braids which is the most common in them. Sitting Bull, the Sioux warriors and chiefs is wearing a feather which is symbolizes trust, honor, strength, wisdom, power and freedom on is head. They have clearly shown that their social status is Red Indian in the movie.
Next, ascribed status is a position an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life. It assigned to a person as you cannot choose or ask for it such as race and ethnicity, sex, age and social class of your parents. For example, a person is born in a wealthy family characterized by traits such as power, property and prestige will have many expectations while growing up. For the example in the movie, Charles is born as a Red Indian in Dakota.
Furthermore, achieved

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