Wounded Knee

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Alsoo ich hab ein Text über das Wounded Knee Massacre geschrieben.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre

The Wounded Knee Massacre was the climax of the history of the Native Americans .As the year came to a close, the Seventh Cavalry of the United States Army brought an horrific end to the century-long U.S. government-Indian armed conflicts.
The cause was a national event, released by Paiute Wovoka, who requested all Indian Trunks to the „Spirit Dance“. But this was understood by the Us Government as a form of resistance. Sitting Bull, Big Foot and other Chiefs were regarded than as dangerously.
On The Day of the massacre Colonel James W. Forsyth instructed to deport the Sioux into a military camp in Omaha. The Sioux was firt informed that they have to hand out all „Fire-weapons“. Dissastisfied with the number of voluntarily delivered weapons, the soldiers began to scan the tents and after Forsyth arranged a body inspection. All Idians were agreement with that except the medicine man Yellowbird who heavly protested and danced some steps of the“spirit dance“. Finally they found a Winchester under Black Coyote garb. But he doesn' t want to give them the Winchester because he had to pay much money for it and the Soldiers wouldn't accept to give him back the winchester.
Regardless, the seizure was unsuccessful and a weapon discharged. At least one officer present drew his sidearm and immediately called for the troops to commence firing. Fearing an attack, other soldiers on the rise began firing the Hotchkiss guns. Chaos ensued, as soldiers attempting to disarm Lakota warriors were caught in the crossfire, and warriors ran to re-arm themselves from the stacked weapons. An intense five-minute firefight ensued in which the Lakota warriors broke through the cavalry line and opened a route of escape for the non-combatants.When the shooting stopped, nearly 150 Lakota had been killed, along with 25 U.S. cavalry troopers. Big Foot was among the dead. Approximately 50 Lakota arrived at Pine Ridge, but were kept outside in the cold until quarters were found. Approximately 150 Lakota remained unaccounted for.

The memory of that day still evokes passionate emotional and politicized responses from present-day Native Americans and their supporters. The Wounded Knee Massacre, according to scholars, symbolizes not only a culmination of a clash of cultures and the failure of governmental Indian policies, but also the end of the American frontier.