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
A. Trip to monument [youtube]
B. Documentary [youtube]
C. Wounded Knee paragraph [class blog]
These sources showed us that the respect for the native Americans was very low and that the white people wanted them to leave because they had a different culture. These sources also show that even now there is still disrespect toward native Americans as there was back then.


The events at wounded knee were because of disrespect and racism, and today we still see these actions against the native Americans.
The monument of Wounded Knee is not very clean, and is left unkempt. There is trash all over the place and the place is not very noted (i.e. not on maps, and no road signs) unlike some of the other monuments. [Trip to monument, youtube]
One other point is that they slaughtered everyone, including women and children. This was another act of racism and hatred. [Documentary, youtube]
Lastly, because the white men completely disarmed (including sewing needles and cooking tools) the native Americans it showed that they did not trust them. This explained that the white people misunderstood the native Americans in their want to live not to die. [class blog]
Altogether the white people acted on vengeance, hatred, and misunderstanding and ended up massacring the last of the Sioux.


Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The first lesson learned is that everyone should be respected even if we dont believe in their culture. The second lesson learned was that almost every massacre can be considered a hate crime because it is usually against a certian race. The last lesson learned is that trust plays a big role in life. The significance of the thesis is that because of Wounded Knee, the last of the Sioux indians were massacred out of revenge and misunderstanding.