Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 5.7
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 5.7
- Material type
- Newspaper Clippings
- Date
- 1990-12-01
- Description
- Lakota Oglala Sioux Indians gathered to observe the 100th anniversary of Wounded Knee. Wounded Knee was a massacre in which 300 Sioux Indians, most women, children, and elderly were killed by the U.S. Seventh Calvary. A purification ritual took place in a traditional Indian sweat lodge. Occupants burned sage and then smoked sacred tobacco and said prayers to the Great Spirit. The theme of the purification included forgiveness.
- Author or creator
- Chris Siron
- Subjects and names
- Wounded Knee, Massacare, Sioux Indians, U.S. 7th Calvary, 300 killed, women, elderly, children, Indian, traditional Indian Sweat lodge, purification, forgiveness, Lakota Ogala Sioux Indians, Michael McBride, Percy Little Eagle, Sylvester Mesteth
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