Pictures Show Life of other Peoples Beyond Plains Stereotypes
Simon J. Ortiz gives an account of his childhood in which he did not feel like a real Indian as those depicted in his history books in school.
Prints
Continuation of " Pictures Show Life of other Peoples Beyond Plains Stereotypes"
Church Perch
Photograph of a supporter of the American Indian movement as he keeps watch form the bell tower of a church in wounded knee.
Indians Seize Dakota Town
200 Indians were in control of a town in South Dakota holding 10 residents hostage and demanding that 2 U.S senators come to their reservation to discuss Indian grievances.
Indians Holding Out at Wounded Knee
200 Indians were in control of a town in South Dakota holding 10 residents hostage.
Sots Traded in Siege
Continuation of "Indians Holding Out at Wounded Knee"
All the Angry Indians Weren't at Wounded Knee
Article writs on how at Wounded Knee 200 Indians were in control of a town in South Dakota holding 11 residents hostage in an effort to bring attention to Indian grievances.
Indians Debate Take-Over
Indians in Pine Ridge hold a community meeting to discuss the government-Indian stand-off in Wounded Knee. Both towns are part of the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Wounded Knee a Symbol of Shameful Discrimination
A Newsman writes on the shameful discrimination shown towards the Indian community by the white Americans during the Wounded Knee Standoff.
Victory Pipe
A Newpaper clipping of a photo of a father and son who are said to be Iroquois from New York who have come to Wounded Knee S.D to perform a religious dance as Trible Medicine men with pips. They performed this dance and ritual outside …
Church Home
A Newpaper clipping of a picture of the inside of The Sacred Heart Mission Catholic Church in Wounded Knee. This Church was said to house members of the American Indian Movement and Oglala Sioux who took over the small town during the wounded Knee standoff.
Quiet Tension Hovering Over Wounded Knee
Newpaper article writes of James Cook, a University of Kansas Journalism Major, who made his way down to Pine Ridge Reservation where American Indian Movement members and federal troops were in their second week of an armed standoff. Cook lived in Wounded Knee for 9 …
Lega Aid
Photograph of William M. Kunstler at Wounded Knee walking out of a house used as a hospital during the standoff.
Photo of Standoff
A Newpaper clipping of a photograph taken in Wounded Knee town where a standoff was taking place between the A.I.M members and the Federal Troops
Indian Leaders Map Strategy
Photograph of a group of American Indian Movement member Leaders huddled together at Wounded Knee S.D.
Trible Traditions Told In Figures and Symbols
Newpaper article on Tribal traditions, legends, and men being honored through the colorful carvings on wooden shafts.
Spanish Missionary Aroused Indians' Ire
Newspaper Talks about the Spanish Missionary Father Padilla who tried to bring Christianity to the Native American. This act untimely brought strife between to tribes that untimely brought on the murder of Father Padilla himself.
Indians at Wounded Knee Utilize Tactics of Forefathers
Indians at Wounded Knee utilize the tactics of their forefather during the standoff.
John Levi, Indian Athlete, is Subject of New Book.
Article writes about athlete John Levi was an American fullback for the Haskell. He was said to be a Full-blooded Arapaho. He had a biography written on him by the Coach and athletic director of Haskell institute during the John Levi times. the book account …
Still-Used House Town's Oldest?
Article on a still used house as old as the town it is in.
Reports on Sioux Called Distorted
Clipping on how both the government and the press are putting out bias opinions to the public and how this ended up resulting in Sious against Sioux, and making the Indian image to the public on non-Indians seem tainted.
The Bundle That Ties
A Pawnee sacred bundle is donated by its owner Elizabeth Horsechief to the Kansas State Historical Society.
Tribe Bans Alcohol from its Casinos.
Tribe bans alcohol from casino. Clipping states that 40 percent of tribe's adult population struggles with alcoholism. tribe's wanted to do something further to fix this situation and thus the ban of alcohol in casinos.
who, Then, Were the Real 'Savages'
Article on the efforts to show the true history of the Native American Indian people.
Cowboy Movies Amused the Indians
Article on Indians in town to see family and a film.
