event has been a major focus on many major books on the history of the Native American peoples. Historians have delved into the military records, personal journals, and public archives in order to search for the facts behind the history of the massacre. In many of these studies the events behind the Massacre
Knee Massacre of 1890 The Wounded Knee Massacre was a dark time in our nation’s history. This was an attack that would result in the loss of over 350 lives (most of which were women and children). Although, there had already been a number of brutal massacres before 1890, the tension between Native Americans and European settlers kept escalating. Government relations with the Indians were strained and the Native American people continued to live in poverty and be confined to the limits of the reservations
abruptly changed the lives of the Plains tribes because the buffalo was their greatest resource. Not only was it their main food source, it provided the Indians with clothing, shelter, tools, medicine, blankets, etc. The very existence of the Native Americans relied heavily on the buffalo. So much that their religions were focused on the buffalo. They even moved around with the buffalo so they can be close to their most crucial necessity. John Fire Lame Deer demonstrated the relationship the Indians
During the beginning of American westernization, the Native Americans occupied the west. The united states government were ordered to force Indians out of their own homes. Those of the men who refused were brutally murdered. The continuance of westernization grew the number of Indians murdered daily. Throughout the war battles were fought, land was taken, and agreements were made. Even though their world seemed to be taken from them, the Indians continued to believe in their religion. One belief
them. Wooka was the one that founded the religion, The Ghost Dance. “According to Wovoka, the Messiah would raise all the Native American believers above the earth. During this time, the white man would disappear from Native lands, the ancestors would lead them to good hunting grounds, the buffalo herds and all the other animals would return in abundance, and the ghosts of their ancestors would return to Earth — hence the word ghost in "Ghost
The very first thing to catch my attention was Norma Wolfcheek’s outfit. I was pleased to see that she had to decided to wear traditional Native American clothing, as I know that outfit is obviously not something she wears every day. I enjoyed hearing her talk about all the different aspects of the outfit. I was shocked by the otter skins hanging around her neck and that the dress was made of processed elk. I had kind of expected those items to be fuax or made of synthetic materials, but it makes
the Native Americans must have seemed like an entirely different species. The Europeans’ sense of cultural superiority and lack of understanding led them to regard the Natives as being savages whose beliefs were infinitely inferior to their own and, consequently, needed to be suppressed. Conversion was one of the ways the Puritans suppressed Indian religions. Though the Puritans weren’t as zealous as the conquistadores, some of them still felt the need to encourage or force Native Americans to convert