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newfie11

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10. Thanks for posting this

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:04 AM

Dec 2013

I've been there many times and it is always a very sad reminder of our country then and the atrocities even now.

My Lakota friend have many stories of crime and corruption through the years.

The children taken from their homes for school, hair cut, and not seeing parents for the school year. That also includes a foreign religion forced on them.

The treaties that were not upheld, crime against the Lakota by politicians.

Even now. When Dashel was running years ago and very popular on the Rez, there were shenanigans.
White people taking pictures of people, cars & license plates at polling places.
The word spred and many many did not vote because of this. He lost.

One note most folks do not know is Chavez gave free heating oil to Cheyenne River Rez, I don't know about others.

Now that he is passed away I don't know if that's still going on.

Edit: this cemetery is owned by a white man and is for sale. Of course the price is out of reach for Pine Ridge Rez.

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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

K&R n/t intaglio Dec 2013 #1

Murka! edhopper Dec 2013 #2

Such a devastating travesty... kdmorris Dec 2013 #3

The living back then knew from their own newspapers. But this subject has been buried even deeper jwirr Dec 2013 #8

Good point kdmorris Dec 2013 #11

Columbus awarded, and his men prefered girls between the ages of 9-10 mikekohr Dec 2013 #49

23 medals of "honor"? panader0 Dec 2013 #4

This country was founded in bloodshed tblue Dec 2013 #26

Upsets me just reading this. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #5

The Ghost Dance riverwalker Dec 2013 #6

all of you who have not yet seen this video, please watch it. so horrible, so sad. the savagery niyad Dec 2013 #20

Robbie Robertson: tblue Dec 2013 #27

Which just goes to show how much a medal of honor is worth. Absolutely nothing unless the actions jwirr Dec 2013 #7

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Berlum Dec 2013 #9

Thanks for posting this newfie11 Dec 2013 #10

the sand creek massacre--29 nov 1864 niyad Dec 2013 #12

After Custer's annihilation nilesobek Dec 2013 #13

welcome to DU. terrible, reprehensible and shameful, exactly. niyad Dec 2013 #22

Just yesterday ... CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #14

I've been to Pine Ridge many times. I've never experienced anything but hospitality and friendship mikekohr Dec 2013 #16

I've been to the Black Hills myself CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #17

I live in the Black Hills and that's news to me newfie11 Dec 2013 #31

that is a beautiful pic, mike, and thank you for sharing. niyad Dec 2013 #24

For 15 years I was on a medical mobile unit newfie11 Dec 2013 #32

I was there in 1970s at the time of the take over then. Even with the terrible events that were jwirr Dec 2013 #46

Absolutely horrific. DLevine Dec 2013 #15

Indeed, JEB Dec 2013 #18

General Nelson A Miles Letter regarding Wounded Knee- March 13, 1917 mikekohr Dec 2013 #19

It seems like the guilt nilesobek Dec 2013 #36

The myth of our nation's greatness and blessed nature yet remains. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #21

WARNING: Disturbing photographs Generic Other Dec 2013 #23

Disturbing indeed dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #25

K&R OmahaBlueDog Dec 2013 #28

Whoa!!!! heaven05 Dec 2013 #29

"What has happened has happened and can not be changed. We must find a way mikekohr Dec 2013 #35

why is that day darker than these days in August, 1862 hfojvt Dec 2013 #38

"If they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung." Trader Andrew Myrick 1862 mikekohr Dec 2013 #39

It's good to know your own history heaven05 Dec 2013 #43

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

War Within War: Lincoln and the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 . mikekohr Dec 2013 #48

of course, it simply MUST be mis-remembered every year hfojvt Dec 2013 #30

A very interesting account of a terrible day Generic Other Dec 2013 #33

4 of the wounded were Lakota men, the 47 remaining wounded were Lakota women and children mikekohr Dec 2013 #34

but isn't that really the point? hfojvt Dec 2013 #37

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

1890: Dakota doctor witnesses Wounded Knee aftermath mikekohr Dec 2013 #42

Sadly... kicked RobertEarl Dec 2013 #47