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In the Shadow of Wounded Knee
For the Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that place is a site near Wounded Knee Creek, 16 miles northeast of the town of Pine Ridge. From a distance the hill is unremarkable ...
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Dee Brown’s 1970 book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee remains perhaps the best-known account of American Indian history, but Ojibwe writer David Treuer has long seen problems with its takeaways.
Wounded Knee Medals of Honor come under scrutiny as massacre is revisited
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has launched a review that could revoke 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the ...
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Wounded Knee Sacred Site Act moves to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
A bill reintroduced by Sens. Mike Rounds and John Thune to protect land at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre is advancing through the Senate. Rounds reintroduced the bill, SB 105, to the ...
MORE TO THE STORY: Telephone ushers McLeod County into 20th century
The days of the frontier were about to end. It was the morning of Dec. 29, 1890. Chief Si-Tanka, leader of the Miniconjou band of Lakota, and 300 of his followers were camped on the icy banks of ...
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South Dakota's Rounds, Thune reintroduce Wounded Knee lands bill in Congress
New action is underway to protect the lands where a majority of bloodshed occurred during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reservation. On Jan. 15, Sen. Mike Rounds and Senate ...