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As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than 3 hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Ft . made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to become listed on other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's group was headed instead to become listed on "hostile" Lakotas, U.S. soldiers surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions attached, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to quit their arms, disaster struck. Accounts range on what brought on the violence as Indians and military unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the outcomes were horrific: some 200 innocent Lakota men, women, and children were slaughtered. American Carnage-the first complete consideration of Wounded Knee to appear in more than 50 years-explores the complex occasions preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy. Within this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene-renowned specialist on the Indian wars-explores why the bloody engagement happened and shows how it became a brutal massacre. Epic in opportunity and poignant in its recounting of real human hurting, American Carnage presents the reality-and denial-of our nation's last frontier massacre. It'll leave an indelible mark on our knowledge of American history.
