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i haven’t seen anything on my dash about it so
today is the anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec 29, 1890). The United States in cold blood murdered Lakota men, women, and children. Slaughtered them and have the nerve to call it a “battle” as if there was any fighting done in return.
Today native people still struggle against the effects of cultural and physical genocide. Our voices are often smothered by others but we are still strong. And we never forget.
The Truth About the Wounded Knee Massacre(IndianCountryToday)
Lakota accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee(PBS)
There are also many native people posting memorials and thoughts on Twitter.
The shooting in Las Vegas was terrible, but it was by no means the largest mass shooting in US history. The Mandalay Bay loses no significance by not being the largest mass shooting in the US. However, the actual largest mass shooting in the US DOES stand a lot to lose by being forgotten, and the two events go hand in hand.
In 1890 more than 200 unarmed women and children and dozens of unarmed men were slaughtered at Wounded Knee.
US soldiers surrounded a Lakota village and demanded the men with firearms hand them in. One man, Black Elk, was deaf and didn’t understand what was being asked of him. The US soldiers tried to take his gun by force and in the scuffle it was accidentally discharged. The US soldiers then began to shoot the Lakota men at point blank range. The Lakota men who still retained their firearms returned fire and tried to take shelter. The rest of the village FLED.
That’s when the commanding US officer lost control of his troops. The began to chase down and slaughter the fleeing Lakota without instruction to do so. No military order was given. Hundreds were murdered.
Does that sound like a battle to you? When we hear the word ‘battle’ we tend to think of two opposing military forces, both armed and prepared for combat. Calling this event ‘the battle of wounded knee’ and not remembering it as a mass shooting erases the vile acts of the US soldiers. The fact that they happened to be in the military means nothing. In fact, some of these monsters received a medal of honor for the massacre (which, to my knowledge, have yet to be revoked despite urging from Native communities).
What’s the connection between this and Vegas? The US soldiers are the people held up as shining examples to Americans, particularly white American males. While ‘Wounded Knee Massacre’ paints them in a negative light, ‘The Battle of Wounded Knee’ paints them as heroes. Even more recently military men who have expressed delight in killing get movies made about them. White men killing people with guns is PRAISED here. So take a white male, give him these men to look up to, and give him easy access to guns. Those things might not create a murderer, but they sure as fuck don’t help.
So remember the Mandalay Bay shooting, the second largest recorded mass shooting in US history, borne of the same issues that caused the first.
The Plan. Laura’s feet massacre by papayoya
I hear alot of fighting over gun control, i think at least for today we should all unite and respect the mourning families. The debate and problem needs attention but right now i dont think the families of the poor children appreciate a gun control advocate pushing his agenda through his kids death or somebody thats against gun control. I personally think the last thing these folks need is someone raising up signs everywhere to remind them how there kids will just be a topic for a debate and not what they really are their kids , however i believe there is a problem and it needs to be solved and it can be achieved with whole communities comming together it would even solve things faster. I personally believe gun control will do little to no change since guns are just instruments used they are not the root problem but i think a united country can get to the root of the problem and solve it anytime, so at least for today for the sake of the families lets give them a day so that they may mourn their dearest ones in peace.
These images depict the massacre, looting, and burning of Phocaea in June 1914, committed by Ottoman irregular troops in one of the earliest stages of the Greek genocide. French eyewitness, Félix Sartiaux (1876-1934), gave refuge to hundreds of fleeing Greeks and published his testimony in Le Sac de Phocée: et L'expulsion des Grecs Ottomans d'Asie-Mineure en Juin 1914:
“Just as our homes are being emptied of refugees from the previous night, they begin filling again with new arrivals who feel secure from the violence, only under our roof. Their lives have been saved due to the sole fact that they abandoned everything and fled. The majority are wearing torn clothing, many of them are covered in blood. Due to the ferocity of the assault, they were not even able to take some bread with them for the road. Wealthy notables from the region fled bare-footed, the bandits even taking their shoes. The children cry as they search for their parents. We don’t reveal to a mother that her two children have been murdered. We find a newborn child on the street but we are unable to find its mother so we give it to another woman who is breastfeeding her own child. Women approach us in desperation and beg us to find their husbands or their fathers, or their daughters who were raped or abducted. The saddest moment is when we have to farewell our good old friends. Some embrace me in tears and offer me their eternal gratitude. Others are able to control their emotions and offer me both their hands, while their sweet eyes and timid gaze lock into my own gaze, and pierce the depth of my soul in a silent and final goodbye.“ –Via GreekGenocide.net
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