{"id":38467,"date":"2024-12-30T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=38467"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:53:48","slug":"wounded-knee-december-29-1890","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/wounded-knee-december-29-1890\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded Knee: December 29, 1890"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


General L. W. Colby holding Little Lost Bird, found tied to her dead mother’s back in the snow covered Wounded Knee field four days after the army killed nearly 300 Lakota there. Nineteen medals of honor were awarded for the massacre.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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I was in the burial party That went back to Wounded Knee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With rock hammers and ice picks To chip the dead ones free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the massacre and the blizzard They\u2019d been frozen to the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother\u2019s and children and warriors We found them all around<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were frozen in their agony Or shock and terror as they fled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The army\u2019s giant howitzers That sang their song of death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We found Chief Big Foot His scarf around his face<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ice was frozen blood From his neck down to his waist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bloody footprints along the creek Did the ghost dance for the dead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I hoped that it was true What all the legends said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That there\u2019ll be a new spring coming And our families will come home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And game will fill the prairies And the crops will always grow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wrapped the bodies in red blankets And placed them on our sled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And left their stacked up rifles And the few things that they had<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCrazy Horse is buried here\u201d Someone said as we were due to start<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust his heart\u201d I told him \u201cIt\u2019s only just his heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie Parr, “1890”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Courtesy of Gwyllm Llwydd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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