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Spotted Elk's Camp, Wounded Knee Massacre, 1891

Big Foot's (Spotted Elk) camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre, with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background, photographed by Trager and Kuhn, January 17, 1891. On the morning of December 29, 1890, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow soldiers. The Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking soldiers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed. By the time it was over, at least 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded. At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Spotted Elk's Camp, Wounded Knee Massacre, 1891
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Big Foot's (Spotted Elk) camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre, with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background, photographed by Trager and Kuhn, January 17, 1891. On the morning of December 29, 1890, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow soldiers. The Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking soldiers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed. By the time it was over, at least 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded. At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the U.S. government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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4200 x 2855 px | 34.3 MB
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35.6 x 24.2 cm | 14.0 x 9.5 in (300 dpi)
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