American carnage : Wounded Knee, 1890 / Jerome A. Greene ; foreword by Thomas Powers.
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- Wounded Knee, 1890
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As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's band was headed instead to join "hostile" Lakotas, U.S. troops surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions mounted, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to give up their arms, disaster struck. Accounts vary on what triggered the violence as Indians and soldiers unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the consequences were horrific: some 200 innocent Lakota men, women, and children were slaughtered. American Carnage-- the first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years--explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy.
In this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene--renowned specialist on the Indian wars--explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including previously unknown testimonies, Greene examines the events from both Native and non-Native perspectives, explaining the significance of treaties, white settlement, political disputes, and the Ghost Dance as influential factors in what eventually took place. He addresses controversial questions: Was the action premeditated? Was the Seventh Cavalry motivated by revenge after its humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Should soldiers have received Medals of Honor? He also recounts the futile efforts of Lakota survivors and their descendants to gain recognition for their terrible losses.
Epic in scope and poignant in its recounting of human suffering, American Carnage presents the reality--and denial--of our nation's last frontier massacre. It will leave an indelible mark on our understanding of American history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wild Indians -- New World -- Broken faith -- Trauma -- Seeking to endure -- Perception -- Deployment -- Stronghold -- Grand River -- Pursuit -- Bloodbath -- Place of the big killings -- Direct corollaries -- Close out -- Aftermath -- Survivors -- Appendix A. Treaty with the Sioux-- Brulé, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee -- and Arapaho, [April 29,] 1868 [ratified February 16, 1869] -- Appendix B. Ghost Dance leaders recommended for arrest and confinement -- Appendix C. Standing Rock police who arrested Sitting Bull -- Appendix D. U.S. Army casualties, Sioux Campaign, 1890 -- Appendix E. U.S. Army estimate of Lakota casualties at Wounded Knee -- Appendix F. Lakota casualties -- Appendix G. Medals of Honor for the Pine Ridge Campaign, 1890-91 -- Appendix H. General Miles's congratulatory message to his troops at the conclusion of the Sioux Campaign -- Appendix I. List of Wounded Knee survivors as of May 1941, compiled by James Pipe On Head.
"American Carnage--the first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years--explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
"This is an exhaustively researched narrative of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reservation where the surrender of the Miniconjou Sioux leader, Spotted Elk (or Big Foot) and his band led to the killing and massacre of at least 200 of his people, along with more than two-dozen troops of the 7th Cavalry and other units. Using newly discovered and under-used sources, Greene develops the story from both Indian and white perspectives. He addresses such controversial topics as whether the events constituted a battle or a massacre, the disputed number of dead, and the Indians' decades-long fight for proper federal recognition. This will become the definitive study of what is commonly, and Greene argues mistakenly, considered the last Indian battle of the American frontier"-- Provided by publisher.