wounded knee (s.d.)

Traces the white man's conquest of the Indians of the American West, emphasizing the causes, events, and effects of the major Indian Wars leading to the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee.

Presents the story of Dennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa tribe and relates his experiences of reservation life, government schools, and discrimination as well as his struggle on behalf of Native American civil rights, native religion, and culture.

Traces the white man's conquest of the Indians of the American West, emphasizing the causes, events, and effects of the major Indian Wars leading to the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee.

Presents a short history of the Wounded Knee Massacre in December 1890 and the events that led up to the cavalry's attempt at stopping the Ghost Dance that the Lakota Sioux believed would keep them safe.

In the late winter and spring of 1973, a group of Native Americans voiced their grievances at Wounded Knee, South Dakota such as substandard living conditions on the reservation, corruption within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and unfilled treaty provisions. This action by the American Indian Movement (AIM) led Congress to pass new legislation such as the Indian Self-Determination and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.