Native American Portraits

Map of Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Sign at Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee was the town the massacre of over 250 Native Americans died at for their freedom.

Sitting Bull's Body, Days After the Massacre

Sitting Bull was one of the greatest Native American leaders. He cared for his tribe and wanted nothing bad to ever happened to them. He supported them and went to the Ghost Dance rituals to show how much he supported them. But then he grew seriously ill and allowed his followers to be taken to Wounded Knee to be unarmed. He was shot in the head in the middle of the massacre as he tried to get up to help his people once more.

A Lakota Ghost Dancing Shirt

The Ghost Dance was a dance done by the Native Americans who were trying to restore faith into their culture. The Ghost Dance was supposed to make all whites disappear, revive their ancestors, buffaloes would come back, and the parries would once again be filled with game. America banned the Ghost Dance because they feared it was a war dance. 

Soldiers Pose with Hotchkiss Guns

Hotchkiss guns were used during the massacre because of the fear that the Native Americans were getting ready for war. They used these guns like cannons, destroying everything in their path. The soldiers killed not only men but women and children also. Soldiers were shooting everything and anything that moved.

Native American Name

Poison Apple

Apples are nice, sweet, beautiful, and smart. Although some are poisonous towards others or themselves. I am one of the pones that are poisonous towards herself, telling myself I will never amount to anything. I was given this name due to the differences between my physical self and my mental self. Examples of this would be constantly telling others they are worth it but being a hypocrite and telling myself I am not, or smiling on the outside but continuously sad on the inside.

Technology Then and Now

The railroads back in the 1870's have improved into subways that speed below cities with bustling crowds going in and out of their doors constantly. Railroads have also been replaced with cars, airplanes, motorized boats, and city buses. The telegraphs and telephones from the 1870's have improved into cellular devices that people of the modern day never put down. Modern cellular devices also include email, text messaging, and video calling. 

Old Technology:

Railroads in the 1870's

Telegraph

The Last Version of a Telegraph

Telephone in the 1870's

New Technology:

Jeep Wrangler (2014)

Airplane

Mail Truck

iPhone 5c (2014)