Stories from #WoundedKnee told 133 years later

by Amelia Schafer Dec 21, 2023

"As gunfire broke out, the nine-year-old boy began to run. Temperatures were below freezing. All he had were the clothes on his back and a knife as he ran through the open hills of the Pine Ridge Reservation.

"#FrankSitsPoor, part of Chief #SpottedElk’s (nicknamed Big Foot by the military) band of #Mniconju #Lakota, was out of his element. His family had traveled south seeking safety in the Badlands. Instead, the United States military moved the band to a small creek in the southern part of the #PineRidgeReservation, Wounded Knee Creek, awaiting further relocation.

"The boy ran over bodies of dead relatives, babies and mothers, and didn’t stop running until night came. One of the bodies he ran past was a mother with a baby in a cradleboard. A hand reached up, but he didn’t know what to do...."

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Stories from #WoundedKnee 133 years later

Chief #SpottedElk/#BigFoot descendants gather to discuss Wounded Knee

Amelia Schafer
Dec 21, 2023

"On December 29, 1890, around 300 #Lakota men, women and children including infants were gunned down by the #USArmy. Today, the massacre’s #Indigenous survivors live on through their descendants, who work to preserve the memory of what happened that day.

"Troops from Nebraska were sent to #PineRidge to curb a potential “Indian uprising” on the reservation. Instead, the troops found a band of #Mnicoujou Lakota led by Chief Spotted Elk (Si’ Tanka).

"The band was told they would be relocated elsewhere. Many had contracted pneumonia along their journey south, including the chief. The band was weak and exhausted. Some began to sing #GhostDance songs, which the military interpreted as war songs. Soldiers began firing at the Lakota. They chased some up to five miles from Wounded Knee Creek."

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