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Verifiable truth about my grandfather from a primary source: a priest who knew everyone because he spoke several dialects of our language & who was wounded at Wounded Knee.

This is in his journal.

". . . Spotted Elk, called "Big Foot" by the whites, led a large Minneconjous . . ." #nativeamerican

Photo 1891 of "Chiefs" at Wounded Knee having a council meeting.

Not only is November #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth it is also when we honor our #veterans .

Native Americans, volunteer to serve in the US Armed Forces at a higher ratio than any other ethnic group

Warriors Circle of Honor

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Girls of Holy Rosary Mission 1914
Just an historic photo I came across that I thought might interest others

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Dakota language lesson from 1850's #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #History #nativeTwitter #CulturalHeritage #language #revitalization

A sketch of my grandfather Lone Horn and two other prominent chiefs, drawn by Karl Wimar, a German American who sketched and painted Natives before the civil war. He was known as the Chronicler of the Missouri.
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Senate Reports about farming and conditions for Natives in 1888. Interesting.

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Many don't know that Native people had to have passes to travel anywhere off of reservations.
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Can you imagine how difficult it was to be a Native American leader in the 1800's.
Their faces say everything.
1875. My grandpas Lone Horn & Spotted Elk with Long Mandan, behind them. #nativebluesky
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They knew. It appears Spotted Elk, his son and the other Chiefs and headmen knew. The Whites knew and they never stood a chance because they all wanted the territory.

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Brief history og\f Teton and specifically our Minneconjou ancestors. #nativamericanheritagemonth #nativeamerican #history

House of Howard Spotted Elk Dakota Territory early 1900's #nativeamerican #history #nativeamericanheritage

House of Jasper Spotted Elk #NativeAmerican #history #nativeAmericanHeritage

Spotted Elk
Oglala Lakota, 1899
Photo by Frank Rinehart

Son of Chief Spotted Elk (Bigfoot) of Wounded Knee.
Richard (Dick) Spotted Elk was my great grandpa. His wife Pretty Cow had just had my grandpa Jasper (who was less than a month old) when the massacre happened.

This is my grandfather Richard Spotted Elk. He was the son of Chief Spotted Elk, Minneconjou leader of the people at Wounded Knee, 1890

The Holt County sentinel., December 16, 1910 Oregon, MO

Image provided by: State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO

Friday, September 21, 1923
The Coconino Sun

The original American Indian Day

Not sure why it changed.

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