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CW: Native genocide
Today is the anniversary of the largest mass shooting in American history, Wounded Knee, a massacre on December 29, 1890 that has been relegated to history as a "battle". 🧵
#rememberWoundedKnee #WoundedKneeMassacre
#woundedknee
Today is the anniversary of the largest mass shooting in American history, Wounded Knee, a massacre on December 29, 1890 that has been relegated to history as a "battle". 🧵
#rememberWoundedKnee #WoundedKneeMassacre
#woundedknee
The Wounded Knee massacre saw 250-300 disarmed Lakota slaughtered. Half that number were women and children.
A father found his wife dead, shot through the breast that still had their 22 day old baby suckling it, filling the child's mouth with blood rather than mother's milk. The baby died a few days later.
Native people wove the first threads in the fabric of our nation's history. On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the history and traditions that bore this tapestry while recognizing the resilience of Indigenous communities and their contributions to our nation. (1/4)
Yet words and gestures do not constitute justice and progress. We cannot rightly honor Indigenous communities until we confront our nation’s past of dehumanizing atrocities committed against Native people, adults and children alike, in our name. (2/4)
Reckoning with our history requires action. Congress must pass the #RemoveTheStainAct to revoke honors awarded to soldiers for the massacre of hundreds of Lakota people at #WoundedKnee. Check out the video from @4directionsvote below to learn more. (3/4)
Cankpe Opi wokiksuye, remembering Wounded Knee. On this day Dec 29 1890, the US military murdered over 300 Lakota, mostly women and children, at Wounded Knee Creek
#WoundedKnee #NeverForget #Genocide
#Colonialism
#WoundedKnee #NeverForget #Genocide
#Colonialism
Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa, whom were Ghost Dancers, had left Thatanka Iyotake Sitting Bull's camp after he was assassinated on Dec 15 to seek refuge at the Pine Ridge rez (prisoner of war camp #334)
#Genocide #WoundedKneeMassacre
#Genocide #WoundedKneeMassacre
They were intercepted by the 7th cavalry. On the morning of Dec 29, the 7th opened fire. 20 soldiers were awarded Medals of Honor for "extraordinary heroism on 29 December 1890, while serving with 7th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Wounded Knee Creek" #RescindtheMedals
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Its a fine line to walk protecting yet preserving identity. For descendants of survivors and of #WoundedKnee its necessary.
It can be uncomfortable to talk about especially if you are not living in a way you are expected to be as a #NativeAmerican but it is what it is
It can be uncomfortable to talk about especially if you are not living in a way you are expected to be as a #NativeAmerican but it is what it is
I lived a traditional life, in a very hard way before I came out off of the reservation. A lot has happened since then. I began a documentary that was put aside after my stroke. Surviving, healing & being with my daughter became the most important things but the truth still needs
