Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory /
Grua, David W.,
Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / David W. Grua. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On December 29, 1890, the US Seventh Cavalry killed more than 200 Lakota Ghost Dancers - including men, women, and children - at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. After the work of death ceased at Wounded Knee Creek, the work of memory commenced. For the US Army and some whites, Wounded Knee represented the site where the struggle between civilization and savagery for North America came to an end. For other whites, it was a stain on the national conscience, a leading example of America's dishonorable dealings with Native peoples. For Lakota people it was the site of the 'biggest murders', where the United States violated its treaty promises and slaughtered innocents.
9780190249069 (ebook) : No price
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Dakota Indians--Government relations.
Memorialization--Political aspects--United States.
Collective memory--South Dakota.
South Dakota--Race relations.
E83.89 / .G78 2016
973.86
Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / David W. Grua. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On December 29, 1890, the US Seventh Cavalry killed more than 200 Lakota Ghost Dancers - including men, women, and children - at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. After the work of death ceased at Wounded Knee Creek, the work of memory commenced. For the US Army and some whites, Wounded Knee represented the site where the struggle between civilization and savagery for North America came to an end. For other whites, it was a stain on the national conscience, a leading example of America's dishonorable dealings with Native peoples. For Lakota people it was the site of the 'biggest murders', where the United States violated its treaty promises and slaughtered innocents.
9780190249069 (ebook) : No price
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Dakota Indians--Government relations.
Memorialization--Political aspects--United States.
Collective memory--South Dakota.
South Dakota--Race relations.
E83.89 / .G78 2016
973.86