Today is the 124th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. On - TopicsExpress



          

Today is the 124th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. On that day the U.S. 7th Calvary Regiment surrounded an encampment of Lakota Sioux and mowed down an estimated 300 of them, 200 women and children. To read more: The Daily Kos posted an article on it 4 years ago, titled the Worst Shooting in US History. dailykos/story/2010/12/28/931914/--8220-the-worst-shooting-in-US-history-8230-8221-December-29-1890 Navajo/Sioux writer, Jacqueline Keeler, wrote about, Why We Still Mourn for Wounded Knee: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork/2014/01/03/why-we-still-mourn-wounded-knee And here are some contemporary Lakota accounts of that day: pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/wklakota.htm
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:05:14 +0000

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