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In reply to the discussion: Chief Bigfoot's Band was intercepted by the 7th Calvary on this day in 1890 [View all]Berlum
(7,044 posts)9. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
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Chief Bigfoot's Band was intercepted by the 7th Calvary on this day in 1890 [View all]
mikekohr
Dec 2013
OP
The living back then knew from their own newspapers. But this subject has been buried even deeper
jwirr
Dec 2013
#8
all of you who have not yet seen this video, please watch it. so horrible, so sad. the savagery
niyad
Dec 2013
#20
Which just goes to show how much a medal of honor is worth. Absolutely nothing unless the actions
jwirr
Dec 2013
#7
I've been to Pine Ridge many times. I've never experienced anything but hospitality and friendship
mikekohr
Dec 2013
#16
I was there in 1970s at the time of the take over then. Even with the terrible events that were
jwirr
Dec 2013
#46
"If they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung." Trader Andrew Myrick 1862
mikekohr
Dec 2013
#39
Having done some genealogy in that period of time in the NW Iowa area I will add that it was not
jwirr
Dec 2013
#44
There are a number of memorials regarding the insident all the way from Northern Iowa to the New
jwirr
Dec 2013
#45
4 of the wounded were Lakota men, the 47 remaining wounded were Lakota women and children
mikekohr
Dec 2013
#34
There is overwhelming evidence and testimony from both Native and Non-Native witness's
mikekohr
Dec 2013
#41
Now, we do it with drones. No horses, rifles, sabers, or conscious required.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#40