Wounded Knee Essay

Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. One source that I used was a trip to the monument on YouTube. It showed how extreme some people will go just to be disrespectful. Another source I used was a YouTube video documentary of stories of Wounded Knee that were told by the survivors families. I also used NokomisHistory.com for the Wounded Knee paragraph. The soldiers were abusive to the men during disarming and the women and children were separated. It really shows how the indians were treated inkind and unfair.
Wounded Knee was the last event of many that were caused by racism. Feces were left in a take out container at the Wounded Knee monument which is very disrespectful. Families of the survivors still are suffering because they know what their anscestors were put through. Before taking capture of the Indians and taking all their weapons the soldiers got drunk and made fun of them. All of these actions were triggered by racism and are degrading.
Wounded Knee was a fight for land between the Indians and the 7th calvary. Wounded Knee was a battle that showed the horrible way the indians were treated. It was the last of many battles but it certainly was not inimportant.