Wounded Knee
Encyclopedia
Wounded Knee may refer to:
- Wounded Knee CreekWounded Knee CreekWounded Knee Creek is a tributary of the White River, approximately long, in southwestern South Dakota in the United States. Its Lakota name is '....
- Wounded Knee, South DakotaWounded Knee, South DakotaWounded Knee is a census-designated place in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 382 at the 2010 census....
- Wounded Knee MassacreWounded Knee MassacreThe Wounded Knee Massacre happened on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M...
of 1890- or the Wounded Knee BattlefieldWounded Knee BattlefieldThe Wounded Knee Battlefield, known also as Wounded Knee, was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.As "Wounded Knee", an area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965....
, a U.S. National Historic Landmarked site of the massacre
- or the Wounded Knee Battlefield
- Wounded Knee incidentWounded Knee IncidentThe Wounded Knee incident began February 27, 1973 when about 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation...
of 1973
Literature
- Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeBury My Heart at Wounded KneeBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by American writer Dee Brown is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century. He describes the people's displacement through forced relocations and years of warfare waged by the United States federal government...
, a 1970 book by Dee Brown, which chronicles events leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre
Film
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...
, a 2007 film adaptation of the Dee Brown book, produced by HBO Films
Music
- "We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee", a 1973 song by the Native American rock band RedboneRedbone (band)Redbone is a Native American rock group that was most active in the 1970s. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with the million-selling gold-certified single, "Come and Get Your Love".-History:...
, about the Wounded Knee MassacreWounded Knee MassacreThe Wounded Knee Massacre happened on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M...
of 1890 - "Wounded Knee" (song), a 1989 song on Nik Kershaw's The WorksThe Works (Nik Kershaw album)The Works is Nik Kershaw's fourth album. It is the last one he created for MCA Records, in 1989. It introduces slight jazz influences in some tracks....
- "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee", a 1992 song by Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes...
- "Wounded Knee", a 1993 instrumental piece by Primus (band)Primus (band)Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...
from the album Pork SodaPork Soda-Personnel:Primus*Les Claypool – basses, mandolin, vocals*Larry LaLonde – guitar, six-string banjo*Tim "Herb" Alexander – drumsProduction*Derek Featherstone – engineer*Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator...