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[artfilmfan]

War Pony (Gina Gammell & Riley Keough, 2023)

#war pony #gina gammell #riley keough #oglala lakota #pine ridge #native people #sioux #female directors #female directed films #female filmmakers #female film directors #women in film #tongva people #oceti sakowin

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

December 28, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

DEC 28, 2023

On the clear, cold morning of December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, three U.S. soldiers tried to wrench a valuable Winchester away from a young Lakota man. He refused to give up his hunting weapon. It was the only thing standing between his family and starvation, and he had no faith it would be returned to him as the officer promised: he had watched as soldiers had marked other confiscated valuable weapons for themselves. 

As the men struggled, the gun fired into the sky.

Before the echoes died, troops fired a volley that brought down half of the Lakota men and boys the soldiers had captured the night before, as well as a number of soldiers surrounding the Lakotas. The uninjured Lakota men attacked the soldiers with knives, guns they snatched from wounded soldiers, and their fists.

As the men fought hand to hand, the Lakota women who had been hitching their horses to wagons for the day’s travel tried to flee along the nearby road or up a dry ravine behind the camp. Stationed on a slight rise above the camp, soldiers turned rapid-fire mountain guns on them. Then, over the next two hours, troops on horseback hunted down and slaughtered all the Lakotas they could find: about 250 men, women, and children.

A dozen years ago, I wrote a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, and what I learned still keeps me up at night. But it is not December 29 that haunts me. 

What haunts me is the night of December 28.

On December 28 there was still time to avert the massacre.

In the early afternoon, the Lakota leader Sitanka had urged his people to surrender to the soldiers looking for them. Sitanka was desperately ill with pneumonia, and the people in his band were hungry, underdressed, and exhausted. They were making their way south across South Dakota from their own reservation in the northern part of the state to the Pine Ridge Reservation. There they planned to take shelter with another famous Lakota chief, Red Cloud. His people had done as Sitanka asked, and the soldiers escorted the Lakotas to a camp on South Dakota's Wounded Knee Creek, inside the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation.

For the soldiers, the surrender of Sitanka's band marked the end of what they called the Ghost Dance Uprising. It had been a tense month. Troops had pushed into the South Dakota reservations in November, prompting a band of terrified men who had embraced the Ghost Dance religion to gather their wives and children and ride out to the Badlands. But at long last, army officers and negotiators had convinced those Ghost Dancers to go back to Pine Ridge and turn themselves in to authorities before winter hit in earnest.

Sitanka’s people were not part of the Badlands group and, for the most part, were not Ghost Dancers. They had fled from their own northern reservation two weeks before when they learned that officers had murdered the great leader Sitting Bull in his own home. Army officers were anxious to find and corral Sitanka’s missing Lakotas before they carried the news that Sitting Bull had been killed to those who had taken refuge in the Badlands. Army leaders were certain the information would spook the Ghost Dancers and send them flying back to the Badlands. They were determined to make sure the two bands did not meet.

But South Dakota is a big state, and it was not until late in the afternoon of December 28 that the soldiers finally made contact with Sitanka's band. The encounter didn’t go quite as the officers planned: a group of soldiers were watering their horses in a stream when some of the traveling Lakotas surprised them. The Lakotas let the soldiers go, and the men promptly reported to their officers, who marched on the Lakotas as if they were going to war. Sitanka, who had always gotten along well with army officers, assured the commander that the band was on its way to Pine Ridge and asked his men to surrender unconditionally. They did.

By this time, Sitanka was so ill he couldn't sit up and his nose was dripping blood. Soldiers lifted him into an army ambulance—an old wagon—for the trip to the Wounded Knee camp. His ragtag band followed behind. Once there, the soldiers gave the Lakotas an evening ration and lent army tents to those who wanted them. Then the soldiers settled into guarding the camp.

And the soldiers celebrated, for they saw themselves as heroes of a great war, and it had been bloodless, and now, with the Lakotas’ surrender, they would be demobilized back to their home bases before the South Dakota winter closed in. As they celebrated, more and more troops poured in. It had been a long hunt across South Dakota for Sitanka and his band, and officers were determined the group would not escape them again. 

In came the Seventh Cavalry, whose men had not forgotten that their former leader George Armstrong Custer had been killed by a band of Lakota in 1876. In came three mountain guns, which the soldiers trained on the Indian encampment from a slight rise above the camp.

For their part, the Lakotas were frightened. If their surrender was welcome and they were going to go with the soldiers to Red Cloud at Pine Ridge, as they had planned all along, why were there so many soldiers, with so many guns?

On this day and hour in 1890, in the cold and dark of a South Dakota December night, there were soldiers drinking, singing, and visiting with each other, and anxious Lakotas either talking to each other in low voices or trying to sleep. No one knew what the next day would bring, but no one expected what was going to happen.

One of the curses of history is that we cannot go back and change the course leading to disasters, no matter how much we might wish to. The past has its own terrible inevitability.

But it is never too late to change the future.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#history #Pine Ridge #Native American #Heather Cox Richardson #Letters from An American #Lakotas #American History

[kp777]

#south dakota #kristi noem #indigenous peoples #pine ridge

[scrollsofhumanlife]

Helen Kim Red Owl (left) swinging with her sibling

B. December 25th 1956 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Kyle, South Dakota

#Helen Kim Red Owl #Pine Ridge #Kyle #Pine Ridge Reservation #South Dakota #Oglala Lakota #Sioux #mother #grandmother #beloved aunt and sister #may she rest in peace #<3

[wine-porn]

Pine Derby

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of…

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#2008 #Best wine reviews #Cabernet Sauvignon #Central Coast Critic #Henry DAvid thoreau #Napa Valley #Pine Ridge #Pine Ridge CAbernet #Pine Ridge vineyards #Pine Ridge Winery #soif #Soif Wine Blog #Stephen McConnell #Stephen McConnell Wine Blog #Steve McConnell Wine Blog #wine1percent

[tapeworm-lover]

wife

#gyaru fashion #art #oc #artist #gyaru #gal #pink #pine ridge

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Mark Trahant

“There aren’t even two sides,” said Leonard Peltier's attorney Kevin Sharp. “We know that the witnesses were intimidated. We know that witnesses were threatened. We know that affidavits knowingly false affidavits were submitted to the courts. We know that when the trial took place and the prosecutor said, we only have this one piece of evidence, this shell casing, this ties Leonard too, to this shooting. We know now that they knew that wasn’t true. And we only learned years later after his conviction, that there had been a ballistics test that showed it wasn’t his weapon.”

#Leonard Peltier #political prisoners #StopFBI #frameup #Pine Ridge #repression #capitalism #racism #imperialism #Indigenous #Struggle La Lucha

[lumandabner]

New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #664!

“The Buzzard” – Chapter 24! Click here to subscribe for FREE! Click the blue names to learn more! Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford! Audio cast in order of appearance: Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford: Abner!Tim Hollis: Lum!Here is our audio production: Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip!Return to the Archives…

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#Arkansas #comicstrip #donniepitchford #LumandAbner #Mena #nationalcartoonistssociety #oldtimeradio #Pine Ridge #texascartoonists

[jay-weller]

BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY IN PINE RIDGE

BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY IN PINE RIDGE - #jayweller #bankruptcy, #Bankruptcyassistance, #Bankruptcyattorneys, #BankruptcyLawyer, #Chapter13, #Chapter7, #FilingForBankruptcy, #Law, #WellerLegalGroup - https://www.jayweller.com/bankruptcy-attorney-in-pine-ridge/

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[crystalcat321]

I absolutely love how detailed Pine Ridge's editor is, especially when you push it to make whatever in a part limit! This is a 3D version of my mischievous entity OC, Bon Bon!

Built within a RP Roblox game's editor! (You should check the game out!)

#pine ridge #roblox #character build #customroblox avatar #avatar #roblox rp #entity #creatura #silly #mischievous #a goober #goober #what crimes will they do.... #crime number one is existing in the normal world #bon bon is candy inspired! they'll also give you a small piece of taffy for no reason #1 taffy fan

[gabe-sanders]

(via Pine Ridge Real Estate Market Report January 2024)

Pine Ridge Real Estate Market Report January 2024

#pine ridge #palm city #florida #real estate #condo #market report

[aboutbeverages]

LIVE on TWITCH.  Podcast show starts now!  Featured beverages are the GT’s Orange Peach Mango Agua de Kefir Tonic, Wren House Brewing Pie Thief Social Wheat Ale with Pumpkin Pie Spice and Pine Ridge Vineyards Chenin Blanc + Viognier Blend 2022.  You can find all of our videos and podcasts on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify.  Check out our TikTok and Merch store!  http://www.twitch.tv/aboutbeverages

#podcast #pine ridge #chenin blanc #wine #orange #peach #mango #pumpkin #pie #Wren House Brewing #Wheat Ale

[scrollsofhumanlife]

Helen Kim Red Owl 

B. December 25th 1956 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Kyle, South Dakota

#Helen Kim Red Owl #Pine Ridge #Kyle #Pine Ridge Reservation #South Dakota #Oglala Lakota #Sioux #mother #grandmother #beloved aunt and sister #may she rest in peace #<3

[trevlad-sounds]

2023-01-22

Homage to Mystery Circles and a few of the many great artists therein. This is a sleepy one.

1-Carlos Ferreira-To Share a Secret

2-Felipe Ayres-Trauma

3-Signal Mountain-Familiar Trails

4-Almanacs-Manglares

5-Bob Charlotte-Aisle

6-Silence & The Unwinking Minds-Epoch

7-alex roldan-Mesa

8-Elin Piel-Omsorg

9-Silence & The Unwinking Minds-Ineffable

10-Orbitalpatterns-There, Near You

11-Aqeel Aadam-Nails Grow Back

12-Alex Roldan-pine ridge

13-jay frederick-Celestial Longitude

14-Per Barfot-Wärend & Möre

15-Per Barfot-Livstycken

16-Bob Charlotte-Only a Spark of Light Remained

17-arc rae-Collision

18-David Rothbaum-7.1.22

19-david rothbaum-3.28.20

20-jay frederick-April 11

#Carlos Ferreira #To Share a Secret #Felipe Ayres #Signal Mountain #Almanacs #Bob Charlotte #Silence & The Unwinking Minds #alex roldan #Elin Piel #Orbitalpatterns #Aqeel Aadam #Alex Roldan #pine ridge #jay frederick #Per Barfot #arc rae #David Rothbaum #Mystery Circles

[gwydionmisha]

CW: Child Abuse

#Red Cloud Boarding School #Genocide #Pine Ridge #Human Rights Abuses #Indigenous People #Child Abuse

[jthurlow]

The Draining of Allapattah Flats-C-23

Recently I wrote a post entitled: “Learning the Beauty of Pre-Drainage Lands – St Lucie Canal.” One of the most prevalent natural features asked about is “Allapattah Flats.” I recall hearing the mysterious words “Allapattah Flats” while growing up in Martin County. Now, almost 60 years later, I recognize I really do not know what they were… Page 1, EDD 1915 St Lucie Canal Survey Lake Okeechobee…

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#&quot;Griscom Bettle&039;s Allapattah Ranch Has 4 #&quot;Map of the Seat of War in Florida #000 Acres Under Water Control #1893 Map of the Seat of War #Al-Pa-ti-o-kee Swamp #Allapattah Flats #Allapattah Ranch #and clay soils -shells and marl deposits- once an ancient seabed. #C-23 drainage #C-23 Ernest Lyons #C23 #Ecosummary C-23 #Lush Grass on Marin Highway.&quot; #map Florida 1839 #Muck #pine ridge #sand #serrated by maiden cane sloughs #The Draining of Allapattah Flats-C-23 #Z. Taylor map