Abstract
This paper explains that Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" begins in 1860 with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ends thirty years later at the Wounded Knee massacre. The author reports that the book documents the battles and defeats of Native Americans, human beings, who included the Navajo, Nez Perces, Cheyenne, Apache, Utes, the Sioux and many other tribes, who fought against a dishonest and relentless government. The paper concludes that, within just twenty-one years of experiencing contact with the white people, the Great Sioux Nation lost over ninety percent of its land.

From the Paper
"The Great Sioux Nation, which once comprised almost a quarter of the land mass of the United States, signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868, a treaty that established the Great Sioux Reservation and brought a halt to the Red Cloud War of 1866-1868. Under the treaty's terms, the U.S. military was ordered to keep all unauthorized non-Indian people out of Dakota Territory. Yet in 1874, Colonel George A. Custer, commander of the 7th cavalry, violated the treaty. Custer entered the Black Hills region on a fabricated geological expedition; however, the true purpose was to find a site for establishing a new military post. When gold was discovered, prospectors swarmed into the Lakota lands and by 1874, white settlers out numbered and out armed the Sioux people."

Tags:sioux, custer, dakota, disarmed, treaty

From the Paper
"On December 29, 1890, an incident occurred in South Dakota which is now known as the Battle at Wounded Knee. At that time, the United States government was using its army to control the Sioux population in the area. The white settlers and soldiers in the area were afraid of a possible Indian insurrection. The white authorities were particularly concerned about the Sioux Chief Big Foot. Big Foot had arrived in South Dakota with a band of followers for the purpose of attending a meeting with other Sioux leaders. On December 28, Big Foot and his band were captured by the 7th Cavalry and brought to a campsite at Wounded Knee for detention. The following morning, while the soldiers were disarming the warriors of the band, a fight broke out. This fight turned into a massacre when the soldiers started firing into the crowd. As the Indian women and children tried to flee..."

Abstract
Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a deeply researched account of the destruction of the American Indian in the late 1800s, ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", opens a door into our past. As with any book of this sort, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" has a few shortcomings.

Abstract
Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is a fully documented account of the genocide of the American Indian in the late 1800's ending at the Battle of Wounded Knee. The paper shows how Brown brings to light a story of torture and atrocity not well known in American history. It examines Brown's use of personal portraits and detail to force the reader to face the evils of this chapter in America's past.

From the Paper
"Brown makes prodigious use of the various types of information obtained before writing the novel. His ultimate goal to find the truth is evident in the expansive research contained in his bibliography. It is clear that Brown was looking for informative answers to questions that haunted him about the War at Wounded Knee. He therefore knew that his consistency would lead him to some ultimate accuracy. In order to obtain purposeful evidence of Brown chose alternate forms of investigation including footnotes and bibliography from Congressional Records and U.S. Army treaties and life history texts of President Abraham Lincoln and General Phillip "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" Sheridan. He also sought-out different perspectives of the time which lead him to songs of the day, letters written by children and personal accounts from both sides."

Tags:Abraham, Lincoln, Phillip, Sheridan, plag

Abstract
This paper describes the Ghost Dance religion and how it spread to Native American tribes. The paper discusses the history of the Native Americans from the time of Andrew Jackson until the Wounded Knee massacre, and demonstrates how the Native Americans were pushed farther and farther westward, and eventually limited to a very small area. The paper explains how the United States army and government's fear of the Ghost Dance religion led to the Wounded Knee massacre, describing the events of the massacre, and the political issues surrounding the massacre and the Ghost Dance religion.

From the Paper
"James Mooney writes in The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 that the essential part of the teaching of the Ghost Dance is the doctrine that the world is old and worn and the time is near for its renewal (Mooney 661). The Ghost Dance was an American Indian religious revivalist movement that spread through the Plains Indians and other ethnic groups during the 1890's and due to a culmination of events is forever linked to the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 (Ghost pp)."

Tags:Ghost, Dance, indian, native, american, reservation, sioux, wounded, knee

Abstract
This paper discusses how John William Sayer's book, "Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials", not only examines American culture and history but also draws parallels between the Nixon and Bush administrations. The paper also examines the legal concepts of the Native Americans and that of the US in terms of the system of jurisprudence. The paper then discusses in detail, the history of the Wounded Knee trials, as discussed in the book.

From the Paper
"Operating on all those levels, and probably more, Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials offers fascinating insights into American culture as defined by its institutions, its operatives, and its outcasts and fugitives. Chillingly, the book draws a parallel between the political manipulations of the Watergate era and the apparent duplicitousness of the current Bush administration. However, it would be overstating the fact to say that it is a diatribe against the current Washington juggernaut. (It may well have been a diatribe against the Nixon administration, however, leaving readers to conclude whatever they like regarding current situations.) It is, instead, an indictment of the creeping erosion of American freedoms, freedoms American Indians--unlike the rest of us--were never able to take for granted in the first place."

Tags:wounded knee trials, john william sayer, indigenous people, native americans, nixon bush

Abstract
In this article, the writer examines the events leading up to the Wounded Knee incident and recreates the atmosphere that prevailed before the stand off began. The writer notes that during the 71 day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, Americans were re-introduced to the plight of the American Indians as media coverage brought hour by hour descriptions of the demands made by those who lead the charge. The writer then describes how thousands of Native-Americans joined together to try and force the American government to change some of the basic problems that were prevalent on reservations not only near Wounded Knee but across the nation. The writer concludes that today, Wounded Knee still serves as an example of the undercurrent of anger many Native Americans feel about the way the government has treated them since first taking over this land.

Outline:
Introduction
Leading Up to Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee Begins
The Demands
The End
Conclusion
End Notes

From the Paper
"Before one can begin to fully understand the impact that Wounded Knee had on the nation and the participants one needs to have an understanding on the events and problems that led up to the siege.
While the Native Americans and the supporters of their people had long been angry over the treatment by the American government when it came to their culture, history and daily life there were several events that worked as a catalyst to lead up to the actual siege at Wounded Knee . The snowball of events begin in 1972 when a young native American named Raymond Yellow Thunder was abducted by two ranchers. Raymond Yellow Thunder was a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and had been kidnapped and taken to a dance at an American Legion Hall in Gordon Nebraska. While there participants in his abuse forced him to strip his clothes off and dance naked while audience members threw lit cigarettes beneath his feet to force him to continue dancing."

Tags:Indians, siege, tribe, confrontation

Abstract
This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of Wounded Knee in American history. Specifically the paper discusses whether the conflict was a battle, as it was first known, or a massacre as it is now being called. The Battle of Wounded Knee was the last major battle between Native-Americans and whites. According to the paper, it was a tragic time in American history, and a lasting reminder of how the Indians lost their way of life, their dignity, and their homes, all due to white aggression and displacement.

From the Paper
"The Battle of Wounded Knee took place on December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. A large group of Sioux Natives had gathered by the Creek, and the U.S. Army wanted to break up the gathering, because they felt the group was engaging in the religious dance called the Ghost Dance, which they felt was dangerous because it created unrest among the Natives. The soldiers began to separate the women and children from the men, and during this separation, someone fired a shot. It is not known who fired it. One historian writes, "In the chaos that followed, soldiers gunned down and stabbed Sioux men, women, and children. Some who did not die instantly crawled away only to freeze to death in the coming blizzard" (Johnson). "

Tags:South, Dakota, Sioux, Ghost, Dance, soldiers

Abstract
This paper discusses Peter Iverson's book, "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century." It reviews the impact of two major battles between the American army and American Indians namely, the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It explains how these battles led to the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children at Wounded Knee, which was the final battle in the four-centuries-long war between native Americans and European-American settlers.

From the Paper
"Peter Iverson certainly knows what happened at the Battle of Little and Big Horn Battle. It was one of the last great battles in the centuries, war between different American Indian nations and European-Americans. The Sioux won that battle of course bringing ..."

Tags:American Indian, Wounded Knee, Sioux, Hopi