Indianz.Com > News > Native Sun News Today: Wounded Knee descendants left out of repatriation process
NAGPRA not followed in repatriation of cultural items
Monday, November 28, 2022
There is an iconic 1890 photo etched deeply in the minds of most people who have ever seen it, a man, Chief Big Foot, body frozen stiff on bloody snow.
For millions of people around the world, this image, and the man, have become a symbol of military aggression, injustice, and murder. Over 250 Lakota, 47 of them women and children, were surrounded by elements of the Seventh Cavalry and while the process of disarming them was well underway, a rifle shot rang out, initiating a mass slaughter.
Although the U.S. Congress officially expressed their “deep regret” for this incident in 1990, they did not apologize, and the history since the massacre has been filled with reactions and consequences that resonate powerfully to this very day.
The lineal descendants of Chief Big Foot still survive, like Calvin and Michelle Spotted Elk, and there are two salient facts misunderstood about their ancestor. One, he was not Oglala, and those who followed him were not either; he came down to the Pine Ridge Reservation from his home on Cheyenne River, the home of the Four Bands, Minnecoujou, Oohenunpa, Itazipico, and Sihásapa. Along with some Hunkpapa from Standing Rock, these are the people who died at Wounded Knee.
NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY
Support Native media!
Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: NAGPRA not followed in repatriation of cultural items
Contact James Giago Davies at skindiesel@msn.com
Note: Copyright permission Native Sun News Today
Advertisement
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
Native America Calling: The Menu
Native America Calling: The problem with lithium
U.S. Supreme Court adds more Indian Country cases to docket
Native America Calling: The over-incarceration of Native Americans
Montana Free Press: Nez Perce citizen shot during tribal treaty hunt
Cronkite News: Solar power plant under development in Arizona
National Indian Gaming Commission announces departure of general counsel
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation addresses needs on reservation
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week
Native America Calling: Indigenous interactions with artificial intelligence
Native America Calling: A cultural connection with alligators
Native America Calling: Do stereotypes influence policy?
‘A pattern of disrespect’: Seneca Nation condemns veto of burial protection bill
Native America Calling: Lumbee Tribe vs. the KKK
Cronkite News: Cleanup continues of abandoned mines in national forest
More Headlines
Native America Calling: The problem with lithium
U.S. Supreme Court adds more Indian Country cases to docket
Native America Calling: The over-incarceration of Native Americans
Montana Free Press: Nez Perce citizen shot during tribal treaty hunt
Cronkite News: Solar power plant under development in Arizona
National Indian Gaming Commission announces departure of general counsel
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation addresses needs on reservation
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week
Native America Calling: Indigenous interactions with artificial intelligence
Native America Calling: A cultural connection with alligators
Native America Calling: Do stereotypes influence policy?
‘A pattern of disrespect’: Seneca Nation condemns veto of burial protection bill
Native America Calling: Lumbee Tribe vs. the KKK
Cronkite News: Cleanup continues of abandoned mines in national forest
More Headlines