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Battlefield at Wounded Knee
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | South Dakota--Wounded Knee |
| Description | Photographs from a larger series document the aftermath of the December 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee Creek near the Pine Ridge Reservation (Oglala Lakota), South Dakota. Images include Spotted Elk (Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux, called Big Foot by the photographer) lying dead in the snow; U.S. soldiers collecting frozen corpses in a canyon; a mass burial in a trench; Spotted Elk's camp; and a close-up of the corpse of the "medicine man." |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Massacres--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Dakota Indians--1890-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890--Aftermath. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
