124 years ago On the morning of December 29th, along the banks of Wounded Knee Creek, the U.S. troops went to disarm the Lakota. The 7th Cavalry killed mostly women, children and elders, some were part of a peaceful group heading toward Pine Ridge village to help allay fears over the Ghost Dance movement. They also killed some of their own fellow soldiers. When the carnage was finally over, the Lakota had suffered 250 dead. 146 of these dead were buried in one mass grave. The soldiers had lost 25 men. The U.S. troops had brutally put an end to the Ghost Dance movement. The “battle” was well covered by the host of reporters and the story was circulated world-wide, complete with gory pictures. The Massacre at Wounded Knee, as the battle is known, became, and remains, the symbol of the inhumanity of the U.S. government’s policy toward Native Americans.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 03:02:12 +0000
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