Wounded Knee Massacre Site & Mass Grave!,...South Dakota!
Back in October of 1998, I took a better part of a week off from work to just get away from everyone & everything! After work on Monday, I loaded my truck with my gear, & my Beagle Stacy. We headed out west with a destination of Wyoming! I wanted to see as many of the historical significant sites. Wounded Knee was our 1st stop. I really didn't know much about this site & the events from the prior century. After driving all night long from Southeast Wisconsin, We finally made it to this site around 8am. While visiting the grave site. A local Native American walked up to greet me. His name was Jerry Elk. He & his Nephew were selling their wares & items that they themselves had made. After viewing all of the graves, I said a little prayer. Then proceeded down to where Jerry was selling his items. After spending almost $200. I sat & talked with Jerry for a better part of an hour or so. He enlightened me about the history of this location. When we parted ways, I shook his hand & wished him a good day. I walked away with an education of a life time that would forever change my life & the way that I saw things. Little did I know it, That was the last time that I would see what I considered from that time forward, As my Friend. While visiting in September of 2007. I was going to look Jerry up. But I spoke with an Elder & her Grand Daughter for about 2 hours, Who were selling their wares. They told me that he had passed on to the afterlife. Before we spoke, I mentioned that I noticed a Sweedish flag on one of the graves. I had a dreadful hunch, As Jerry would often go to Sweeden during the winter months to teach. Yes, It was his grave without a headstone at that time. I originally wanted to show what this site looked like in video. But as I was browsing, I found some movie clips. So I decided to tell a story without words! & this is what I had come up with. God Bless You Jerry where ever you are! God Bless You All Who have spent the time to enlighten me while visiting on each occasion! They are memories that I will always be grateful for!
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Michael RedCrow10 hours agoLINKED COMMENT
Just FYI- there was not a person Chief BigFoot, his name was Spotted Elk (Si Tanka) , Big Foot was a derogatory name/term assigned to him by the Soldiers /Indian Agents and is not what his actual name was as recognized by and amongst his own people.Just another piece of slander attached to native americans and it is sad that the official marker as seen in this video bears that name and term for him ,he was noted by his people as having been a fearsome warrior and great hunter during his prime and was still a respected leader at the time of his death.For that matter, he was dying of pneumonia and bed-ridden even by the US forces Commanders accounts of the event, why was he shot at all, he was unarmed ,old, sick and dying.
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Wounded Knee Massacre (29 December 1890) - Miniconjou Lakota Sioux vs United States
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The Wounded Knee Massacre (also called the Battle of Wounded Knee) was a domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians, mostly women and children, by soldiers of the United States Army. It occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota, following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp.
The previous day, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 miles (8.0 km) westward to Wounded Knee Creek, where they made camp. The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Colonel James W. Forsyth, arrived and surrounded the encampment. The regiment was supported by a battery of four Hotchkiss mountain guns.
On the morning of December 29, the U.S. Cavalry troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. Simultaneously, an old man was performing a ritual called the Ghost Dance. Black Coyote's rifle went off at that point, and the U.S. army began shooting at the Native Americans. The Lakota warriors fought back, but many had already been stripped of their guns and disarmed.
By the time the massacre was over, between 250 and 300 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300. Twenty-five soldiers also died, and 39 were wounded (6 of the wounded later died). At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the military awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them.
The Wounded Knee Battlefield, site of the massacre, has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 1990, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a resolution on the historical centennial formally expressing deep regret for the massacre.
Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee History Tour
A friend and I did a short tour of the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Black Hills, starting from Denver. We only had 2 days, and it took a full day to reach Wounded Knee, so we couldn't see everything we were looking for. I'm still a bit sad I missed the grave of Black Elk, a religious leader and veteran of the Indian Wars, and the empty grave of Anna Mae Aquash who was killed because of the FBI's Cointelpro ops. We sadly also missed the national cemetery to the veterans of the Indian Wars, near Mount Rushmore. If you are ever in the area, see the Crazy Horse Memorial, which is much better than Rushmore!
Massacre Wounded Knee South Dakota Chief Big Foot Sitting Bull Ghost Dancing Black Hills Music
Massacre of Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Dec. 29, 1890, Chief Big Foot,
with his Minneconjou and Hunkpapa
Sioux Band of 108 warriors,
250 women and children
were encamped on this Flat,
surrounded by the
U.S. 7th Cavalry (470 soldiers)
commanded by Col. Forsythe.
The Messiah Craze possessed
many Indians, who left the vicinity
of Ind. Agencies to Ghost Dance
during the summer and fall of 1890.
Unrest on the Pine Ridge Reservation
was partly due to the reduction of
beef rations by Congress, and to the
Ghost Dancing of Chiefs Sitting Bull,
Hump, Big Foot, Kicking Bear,
and Short Bull.
The Sioux were told by Kicking Bear
and Short Bull that by wearing
Ghost Shirts the ghost dancing
warriors would become immune
to the whiteman's bullets and could
openly defy the soldiers and
White settlers, and bring back
the old days of the big buffalo herds.
On Nov. 15, 1890, Indian Agent Royer
(Lakota Wakakpaj) at Pine Ridge
called for troops, and by Dec. 1, 1890,
several thousand U.S. Regulars were
assembled in this area of Dakota Territory.
On Dec. 15, 1890, Chief Sitting Bull
was killed by Lt. Bullhead of the
Standing Rock Indian Police.
Forty of Sitting Bull's braves escaped
from Grand River, and joined
Chief Big Foot's band on Deep Creek
to camp and Ghost Dance on the
south fork of the Cheyenne River.
Chief Big Foot was under close scrutiny
of Lt. Col. Sumner and this troops,
and on Dec. 23, 1890, they were
ordered to arrest Big Foot as a hostile.
However, the Big Foot band had already
silently slipped away from the
Cheyenne county, into the
Badlands, heading for Pine Ridge.
On Dec. 28, 1890, without a struggle,
Chief Big Foot surrendered to the
U.S. 7th Cavalry (Maj. Whitesides)
at the site marked by a sign five miles
north of here. The Band was then
escorted to Wounded Knee,
camping that night under guard.
Reinforcements of the U.S. 7th Cavalry
(including one company of
Indian Scouts) arrived at Wounded Knee
from Pine Ridge Agency the morning
of Dec. 29, 1890. Col. Forsythe
took command of a force of 470 men.
A battery of four Hotchkiss guns
was placed on the hill 400 feet west
of here, overlooking the
Indian encampment.
Big Foot's Band was encircled at
9:00 p.m. by a line of foot soldiers
and cavalry.
Chief Big Foot, sick with pneumonia,
lay at a warmed tent provided by
Col. Forsythe in the
center of the camp.
A white flag flew there, placed by
the Indians.
Directly in the rear of the
Indian Camp was a
dry draw, running east and west.
The Indians
were ordered to surrender
their arms before proceeding
to Pine Ridge.
A shot was fired,
and all hell broke loose.
The troops fired a deadly volley
into the Council warriors, killing
nearly half of them.
A bloody hand-to-hand struggle
followed, all the more desperate
since the Indians were armed mostly
with clubs, knives and revolvers.
The Hotchkiss guns fired 2-pound
explosive shells on the groups,
indiscriminately killing warriors, women,
children and their own
disarming soldiers.
Soldiers were killed by cross-fire
of their comrades in this
desperate engagement.
Surviving Indians stampeded in wild
disorder for the shelter of the
draw 200 feet to the south, escaping
west and east in the draw, and
north down Wounded Knee Creek.
Pursuit by the 7th Cavalry resulted
in the killing of more men, women
and children, causing the battle to be
referred to as the
Wounded Knee Massacre.
One hour later, 146 Indian, women
and children lay dead in the
Wounded Knee Creek valley.
The bodies of many were scattered
along a distance of two miles from
the scene of the encounter.
Twenty soldiers were killed on the field,
and sixteen later died of wounds.
Wounded soldiers and Indians
alike were taken to Pine Ridge Agency.
A blizzard came up. Four days later,
an Army detail gathered up the
Indian dead and buried them in a
common grave at the top of
the hill northwest of here.
A monument marks this grave.
Ghost Dancing ended with
this encounter.
The Wounded Knee battlefield
is the site of the last armed conflict
between the Sioux Indians
and the United States Army.
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Wounded Knee Mass Grave - May 20, 2017 - Travels With Phil - Unedited
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel ----- - - - - - This video is of the mass grave for the American Indian victims of the Massacre at Wounded Knee, which took place on December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation. May 20, 2017 - Travels With Phil by Phil Konstantin -
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From WIkipedia:
The Wounded Knee Massacre (also called the Battle of Wounded Knee) occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
The previous day, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 miles (8.0 km) westward to Wounded Knee Creek, where they made camp. The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Colonel James W. Forsyth, arrived and surrounded the encampment. The regiment was supported by a battery of four Hotchkiss mountain guns.
On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over the rifle ensued, causing several Lakota to draw their weapons and open fire on the cavalry regiment. The situation quickly devolved as both sides began firing indiscriminately. By the time the battle was over, more than 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300. Twenty-five soldiers also died, and 39 were wounded (6 of the wounded later died). At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark. In 1990, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a resolution formally expressing deep regret for the massacre.
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Wounded Knee Massacre Site Lakota Nation
The massacre at Wounded Knee took place on December 29, 1890 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD, near Wounded Knee Creek.
We humans have never learned to respect life on earth, not only we killed humans the one kind to steel the land but today we are doing it at a faster rate than ever before.
The Wounded Knee Massacre
I made this instrumental awhile back and for some reason it made me think about what happened at Wounded Knee so, I got a few clips together and made this. If you don't know what happened at Wounded Knee, there are many videos on YouTube that will enlighten you to the horror of Wounded Knee.
Chief Bigfoot Band Memorial Riders Arrive at Wounded Knee
On December 29, 1890 Chief Bigfoot (Spotted Elk) and his band of Mniconjou were traveling to Pine Ridge Agency ( They traveled at night and hid during the day for fear of the U.S. Army capturing them. When they arrived at Wounded Knee Creek they were approached by the army. They hung a flag of peace.
That evening a whiskey trader's wagon rolled through the soldier encampment and all the soldiers were drinking whiskey and drunk. Many were taking Lakota women from Chief Bigfoot's camp. Chief Bigfoot and his people stayed up all night protecting their female relatives from these drunk soldiers.
Morning came and the soldiers began disarming Chief Bigfoot and his people. The soldiers were attempting to take the rifle away from a deaf boy when a shot rang out. It's unknown who fired the shot, but what ensued was a hail of bullets from the soldiers gatling gun. The stories passed down say the firing of bullets sounded like the tearing of a blanket.
In the end, 300 or more of Chief Bigfoot's people were murdered. Some ran for the hills and died while running. Others ran for Pine Ridge agency and died there. Some survived and ran 80 miles away. 20 of those soldiers received the highest honor of valor in the United States, a Congressional Medal of Honor, for their murderous deeds at Wounded Knee Creek and have never been rescinded.
Our riders ride to remember, honor, and pray for the past and future generations of our people.
These are the stories of our people.
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Wounded Knee Massacre
A slideshow depicting the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek South Dakota December 29 1890 where 300 Lakota Sioux were massacred by the U.S. 7th Cavalry following the assassination of Sitting Bull.
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Wounded Knee Memorial
This monument is erected by surviving relatives and other Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux Indians in memory of the Big Foot Massacre, December 29, 1890. Big foot was a great chief of the Sioux Indians. He often said, I will stand in peace until my last day comes. He did many good and brave deeds for the white man and the red man. Many innocent women and children who knew no wrong died here. The erecting of this monument is largely due to the financial assistance of Joseph Horn Cloud whose father was killed here. (Words engraved on the memorial.)
Wounded Knee Massacre
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Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890. near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them five miles westward to Wounded Knee Creek, where they made camp.
The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment arrived, led by Colonel James W. Forsyth and surrounded the encampment supported by four Hotchkiss guns (5-barrel revolving cannon).
On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow soldiers. The Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking soldiers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed.
By the time it was over, at least 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (4 men, 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300.[3] Twenty-five soldiers also died, and 39 were wounded (6 of the wounded would later die). At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
What Happened At Wounded Knee Massacre? - Open Country
Near the edge of the South Dakota/Nebraska border lies the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Over 100 years ago, before this reservation was put into place, hundreds of Native Americans were killed by the U.S. Army at Wounded Knee Creek, where it stands now as a national monument. Pain echos here, around the mass grave site that you can visit and walk around, and the remaining tribe-members, such as Micheal, will never forget.
I apologize for the wind noise. I accidentally had the mic up 10 decibels than normal, and it picked up all that wind.
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The American Indians are the natives of this land. Yet for centuries they have been treated unfairly by the United States government. The fact that there are no purebred Indians today doesn't help the matter. Through the centuries they have intermingled with people of almost every nation and few are even half breeds. But so many treaties have been broken regarding them and today Indian reservations are in desperate need of caring. Most attempts to change things have been met with what I'll describe now in this day in history. -Ray
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The Massacre of Wounded Knee in 1890 was the decisive event for the Lakota People and all Native Americans marking the end of their struggle to maintain their way of life in America. The killing of almost 300 Lakotas, mostly women and children, and their mass burial at Wounded Knee, SD, was also effective in killing the spirit of every surviving Native American.
The impact is still experienced today on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where Wounded Knee is located, as seen in the following information.
• 80% unemployment
• $4,000 per capita income
• Poorest of USA's 3,143 counties
• 60% live below the poverty level
• 8 times the United States rate of diabetes
• 5 times the rate of cervical cancer
• 2 times the rate of heart disease
• 8 times the rate of TB
• 2 times the rate of teen suicide
• 3 times the rate of infant mortality
• Lowest life expectancy in the USA
• 68% school drop out rate
• No public transportation, no banks, no movie theaters, no bowling alleys, no recreation centers, no unused clothing stores, no nursing homes.
It is our hope and belief that the wrong done here, although never erased, will in time be made right through hearts of reconciliation and restored relationship with the Lakota people. It is to this end that we love and serve.
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