Voices from Wounded Knee, 1973. In the Words of the Participants Review

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(More customer reviews)I was fortunate to be at Wounded Knee in 1973 and onward through the trials of Dennis Banks and Russell Means in Minneapolis.
This book is the truth of what happened and the wonders (spirits and spiritual events) that occompanied the liberation of Wounded Knee. The stories told in this book capture the event more than any book I have read relating to an event like this. I had the fortune to work with all of these people and was inside Wounded Knee during the liberation. My picture is located on page 73 (I am on the left sweeping the clinic).
Gladys Bissonette, Ellen Moves Camp, Lou Bean, and many other women were the strength many times that helped us all to go forward. Many a time we dealt with death (Pedro Bissonnette) in very dangerous situations but their strength, dedication, and love never stopped.
Sarah Thunder Hawk and a medicine man by the name of Hard Heart were instrumental in helping me undrstand why I must stay and help even though egos within the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/ Offense Committee were more interested in themselves that the struggle at hand.
This struggle and the people I worked with changed my life forever and since that time I have continued working to ensure that all people are recognized and that the idea that we all are inter-connected is known.
Please read this book and see the strength, the compassion, the love, the idea that people who had nothing could for a brief time create a situation in which thier lifes were exposed to the world, as well as why things needed to be changed.
Thank you.

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The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty Review

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(More customer reviews)What first strikes this reader is the very frank and engrossing personal narrative, as well as the description of the on-going political struggle of the Sioux in their battle for the return of the Black Hills in South Dakota. The diary entries of lawyer Mario Gonzales and the commentaries of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn gave me an opportunity to re-think important events in Sioux and American history over the past century (including Custer and the Little Big Horn, the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, and others). The authors also show very clearly how these linked histories continue to influence the actions of individuals (white or Indian) and governments today. Cook-Lynn is especially deft at evaluating the political, economic,and racial motivations of the various stakeholders, from the factions within different Sioux tribes, the governors and congressmen, federal agencies, to the white landowners. The centerpiece of the book is the fight by the Sioux for the return of the Black Hills (preserved for the tribes by treaty in 1868), as well as the related fight for a monument to the Sioux massacred by government troups at Wounded Knee. But as the story unfolds, it became a means for me to understand the treaty rights and sovereign rights of not just the Sioux but other Indian nations in this country. Gonzales relates details of the legal battles and community struggles, and shows an amazing persistence and courage in his pursuit of justice for the Sioux. I hope that other readers come away from this book with as strong a sense as I did: of our need to resolve these ethical and legal dilemmas by recognition of Indian treaty rights and sovereignty. I'm grateful to the authors for their frank discussions of the real difficulties inherent in this task, and for outlining the rewards to all of us if they succeed.

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The powerful story of the ongoing struggle of indigenous Americans in 20th-century United States and of its shift in focus from traditional battlefield and massacre sites to federal courtrooms and the halls of Congress. Mario Gonzalez has served as attorney for the Sioux Nation and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn is a Native American writer. Together their two voices will draw the reader into the continuing struggle of the Sioux people to achieve justice.

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They Called Me Uncivilized: The Memoir of an Everyday Lakota Man from Wounded Knee Review

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(More customer reviews)Just the book I needed! Social facts, reoccurring memories, natural spirituality and healing, wisdom and insight minus all of the academic jargon.

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Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre Review

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(More customer reviews)`Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' has been the consummate book on the horrors of what the American Indian has suffered at the hands of the `white' immigrants into their land. Heather Richardson has expanded the story of the Wounded Knee Massacre in this book. It is a story that is more than racism. She explains how the massacre grew out of party politics and the profit driven media - whose stories exaggerated the danger that the Indian tribes posed. She makes a good case that business politics and newspaper sales drove much of what happened both at Wounded Knee and to all of the Indian tribes.
The west was at the heart of what the nation looked to as the ideal that it desired to become; but it was two worlds on a collision course. Many of the problems that existed have not changed to this day. Each political side was convinced that the other was trying to destroy America and helpless people were caught in the middle and left in a worse condition than ever before.
All of the social and political issues are explained, including what the societal order was becoming - an overwhelming disparity of wealth and greed. The Sherman family is used an example of those forging a life after the civil war; William Tecumseh, John and Charles, both in politics and in the army. The problem of slavery that was not only a moral issue, but the dilemma that free workers felt they could never compete against slaves is included in the descriptions of the political and economic climate.
The Ghost Dance and the Indian prophet Wovoka's part in the Wounded Knee massacre are covered. The steps that led up to the slaughter and the reasoning on both sides is given. She makes excellent and specific claims of the Indian grievances and the many attempts of the military men in trying to remedy the countless corrupt Indian agents. She brings up interesting points that are not often conveyed - how the military almost always sided against the political forces when it came to Indian affairs.
It is good to have the suggested reading list.; however the 18 page introduction is so thorough that it, in effect tells the story of the whole book; but to understand completely you need to read the chapters that follow. There are 16 pages of pictures and a detailed index.
This is one of the best versions of the politics of the west and the way life changed... most of all for the Indian nations. This would be of interest to anyone who wishes to learn more of American history and the social and political implications that changed our nation forever.

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