by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 25, 2013 | Dakota Indians, Lakota, Minnesota Indian uprising, NYT editorial july 23, Pine Ridge, President Lincoln and Indians, Sioux, Wounded Knee
Alvin Josephy once noted that when the American Government wanted to show off our country to the world, it used images of Plains Indians, splendid in feathered headdresses and riding horses. It matched the image of Indians carried by most non-Indian Americans—omitting...