In 1855, my Gx5-Grandfather Major Thomas Sanders Twiss a Graduate from West Point was dispatched to the Dakota’s to investigate Indians were attacking & killing the mail carriers. Twiss concluded his report with the assertion: 1/4
"The Sioux difficulties have been magnified by false and malicious reports. There is not, as I can find, within this Agency, a hostile Indian. On the contrary, all are friendly."
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The people who attacked mail carriers were most likely the grey men, with the discovery of gold in the 1850's these groups of white men were sent out to cause conflict so the Gov would send
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troops to attack the local Indigenous Tribes and demonize the locals with their lies.
Land Back is correcting History with the Truth of what the Indigenous Nations had experienced as a result of "Colonization"
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In 1890 John Langan was freighting for the US Army at Fort Randall when the Massacre at Wounded Knee was inflicted upon defenseless unarmed Minneconjous by the Seventh Calvary
His wagon had been assigned to the Ambulance Corps to
bring back the wounded soldiers,but when he arrived, he viewed the almost total decimation of Minneconjous, including Women & Children
He therefore withdrew his wagon from the Army and helped the few Minneconjou who remained alive to bring their dead & dying to Pine Ridge Agency
At Pine Ridge the Episcopal Mission gave them shelter Dec 29, 1890. The pews were removed and a bed of straw was made for the wounded (This Picture was the original church)
This life changing event led to John giving everything up so he could help Big foots Survivors.