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The story of Wounded Knee is the story of the L... (more)
Added: October 13, 2007
The story of Wounded Knee is the story of the Lakota Indians more...and it summarizes the story of all the native tribes in North America. The U.S. government's policy towards Native Americans, as stated by General Sherman, was to 'clear off the buffalo', (the buffalo were the chief source of the Plains Indians' food and clothing), and 'clear off the Indians' to the point of total extermination if necessary (genocide). It is estimated that 50 million Native Americans were killed through war, starvation, and disease. This number is equivalent to the number of soldiers that were killed on both sides during World Wars I and II. Every treaty between the United States and the Native Americans was broken by the United States Government. The American Europeans wanted the gold in the Black Hills so the Fort Laramie Treaty was broken and the U.S. calvary was sent in to drive the Lokatas out of the Black Hills. The tribes were moved onto Reservations and their religions were banned. When the Lokotas were practicing one of their rituals, the Ghost Dance, they were slaughtered by the United States calvary. Many Lokatas fled to a place called Wounded Knee and there they, women and children and elderly were mowed down by the U.S. Calvary using gatling type machine guns. Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown wrote about this in his book, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee". (1970) less
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