I made a promise several years ago never to forget this date in U.S. History and to do my best to Honor the Ancestors who went before -- even though I am NOT LAKOTA. Feel it is up to some of us to both Remember and Honor Those Who Have Gone Before.
2007-12-27 08:04:25 · 12 answers · asked by Marvin R 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If a person forgets the past they can never embrace the future. If I remember correctly Wounded Knee was a lack of willingness to understand the Native American culture. The army and the government refused to see the comparison of the Ghost Dance to that of Christianity. We must honor and remember those who fought for their beliefs. Even though the battle seems hopeless and forgetting is much less painful, the loss of a way of life is tragic. These are the people who honored the land and what it provided, these were the people who held tightly to their beliefs even unto death. Maybe one day the lesson will be learned that no one has the right to force their beliefs onto an entire race of people, who only wanted to live free.
2007-12-27 09:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by hicks.jenn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We remember 9-11, Pearl Harbor, The Alamo. Why shouldn't we remember what happened at Wounded Knee? All Americans could benefit by knowing the facts about the battle. For something that has been made into a book, a song and a movie it's considered important by not only Native Americans, but by many others.
2007-12-27 08:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by beatlemaniac 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I remember. I can recall the first time I read of it. A history course I took....definitely slanted toward the popular opinion of the time. White=right. It was appalling. I searched a long time, read many, many accounts of the "battle" and many differing opinions and viewpoints....I found the truth.
I am not a Native American....though there is some NA ancestry in my family tree I would not dare to claim it, as it is offensive to the true Americans to have so many claim ancestry that way. However, it doesn't make it any less a disgrace, any less a tragedy, or any less vile.
2007-12-27 08:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by aidan402 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being near to South Dakota it is constantly remembered here. The Lakota heritage is previlent around here. I remember the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee as well.
2007-12-27 08:07:44 · answer #4 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Obviously, a lot of people remember - as it should be. Those who forget the past...
Way too much cynicism evident in these answers. What the "White Man" (NOT ME!) did to the indigenous peoples here and elsewhere is something that should never be forgotten.
2007-12-27 08:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Sprouts Mom 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd say about eight million full-blood Indians and at least that many more with Indians in their family tree...and believe it or not, a whole bunch of non-Indians as well. Never should've happened...
2007-12-27 09:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and remember losing a good kid in 1973 at the stand-off!
2007-12-27 10:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by ndnquah 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree. Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.
2007-12-28 05:33:13 · answer #8 · answered by La Belle Dame Sans Merci 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not me!
I do not care who you are, or where you are from, somewhere, sometime, I can guarantee you have an ancestor that someone "messed over". There is little point in dwelling on what happened in the past, your energies are better spent trying to make sure it doesn't happen in the future. Iraq anyone?
2007-12-27 08:07:42 · answer #9 · answered by Crusty P. Flaps 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Many, many people remember it, and all the other unjust killings that affected our native people. Thank you for reminding us.
2007-12-27 08:52:35 · answer #10 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋