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Wounded Knee
During December 29, 1890, about five hundred American troops went out near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota to meet hundred of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children. Apart from the Sioux seemed outnumbered and demoralized, they also posed no threat to the solders and indicated no sign of resistance. However, the American went a head to open fire causing the death of about three hundred Sioux; the tragic event gaining a title Wounded Knee Massacre. Based on this, Heather Cox Richardson who was a historian tries to indicate that the origin of this event does not lay in the west but in Washington, where could the lawmakers be, entangled in a desperate midterm election battle, trying to gain votes using an old age political tool known as fear.
The details in the Heather Cox Richardson book forms the history of the 1890 massacre, a story that many of us can recall. About 300 Lakota Sioux died including men, women and children. That December morning sounded ironically to the 7th Calvary of...
In the 20th century the action was still interpreted to be a tale of righteous solders involved in acts of defense against savages. Not until come the racist lens that focused more on the interpretation to slowly dissolve that it was a massacre by solders that instead had the chance of accepting Sioux surrender. As Richardson indicates in his writing that the solders who pulled the trigger in South Dakota were simply delivering a sentence that was they could not determine but by politicians who were a thousand or further away from the cathedral clouds and rolling hills of the Great Plains. The question is who these politicians were and what was their intention?
Such question has been answered by Richardson with great insight that we wonder about a story we knew well. Among the first politician is President Harrison, and another person that comes up is Thomas Brackett Reed who was the House of Representatives boss; as well as to the Sherman brothers John and Willism Tecumesh. Among…
Both cases experience unfortunately Sioux to be in the way. Whatever was also being done by the politicians, which is forcefully argued by Richardson to mean trying to stay in power. For Harrison and the Republicans meaning increasing their Congressional majorities, to keep secret of keeping precedence in 1892, using the new Western state creation with voters sympathetic to the Republic party, within areas such as Dakotas. Indeed, that just confirms to use where Sioux lived as well as where their treaties with the government of U.S. And had given them assurance that they could continue to treaties that was to protect their lands. Richardson argues that these forces come together to imply government policies that facilitates progressive reduction of Sioux lands, which promoted conflict, in addition to massacre at Wounded Knee.
Conclusion
Richardson in rewriting this cautionary tale must have realized the commonalities with the politics of today and polemics. Generally this book reveals the relevant of history in identifying lessons that we had supposed to have learned far before, and which what we have not learn imperil us yet again.
Some of the Indians could understand English. This and other things alarmed the Indians and scuffle occurred between one warrior who had rifle in his hand and two soldiers. The rifle was discharged and a massacre occurred, not only the warriors but the sick Chief Big Foot, and a large number of women and children who tried to escape by running and scattering over the parry were hunted down
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