wounded knee massacre 1890 extra credit

Wounded Knee is a Native American massacre that occurred at Wounded Knee Creek on the day of December 29, 1890. The day before the massacre the 7th U.S. Cavalry arrested the village led by Big Foot of the Hunkpapa Sioux Indians. In this arrest there was 350 people, a majority were women and children. The morning of the massacre, Hotchkiss guns were directed at the Wounded Knee Village. Colonel James W. Forsyth had his 500 troops begin to disarm all Indians of anything and everything that could be used as a weapon. All of these items that were able to be used as weapons were put in to a large pile that was guarded by many troops.

The events that probably led to this were the murder of Sitting Bull, which angered the Hunkpapa Sioux Indians as well as the Miniconjou Sioux Indians. They had to leave there reservations and go to the Badlands. The Indians have been oppressed and have to live on reservations that are so different than where they used to live. The buffalo they used to hunt are no longer there so they had to find new ways to get food. The Indians hated what was going on and they looked for any kind of hope that they could find. A Paiute Shaman named Wovoka was that glimpse of hope. He said he was the Messiah and he promised that the Indians would be able to go back to living their old ways once the dead come to earth and meet with the living, and a tidal wave of soil will cover the earth burying all white people. Wovoka made a dance called the ghost dance which was supposed to make this change on earth come sooner than planned. This dance involved wearing ghost shirts that were supposed to stop the bullets from the American’s guns from killing them. This dance scared the white people, which in one case made a military group show up at a reservation to stop any suspected violence from occurring. This arrival of the military support led to the arrest of Sitting Bull, but instead of arresting him, the troops killed him and put Big Foot as the next Indian to arrest or kill. When Big Foot got the news of Sitting Bull’s death he led his tribe south to the Pine Ridge reservation where he sought protection, but on his way there he was stopped by the Army and forced to camp at Wounded Knee Creek, on December 28, 1890. The next morning, the very ill and dying chief Big Foot led his tribe’s men and the army officers in a powwow. Then out of no where there was the sound of a gun going off that started a hail of gunfire from soldier’s rifles and Hotchkiss guns grapeshot’s. As this was occurring many brave Indians ran to grab the weapons that had been taken from them, in a last effort to change the horrible massacre that was occurring right in front of them. While the brave ones tried to fight, the many afraid Indians tried to run only to be killed by the army’s crossfire. Once all the shooting was over, almost 300 Sioux Indians had already been killed including Big Foot, and only 25 soldiers were killed in this massacre. The next day the troops started to clean up the corpses of the massacred, but a blizzard came in and forced them to seize the task for a few days before finishing picking up the dead bodies. This massacre ended all declared Indian wars.

This coming weekend.

This weekend will be great because it is a 3 day weekend. First thing after school Friday I will be getting ready for my basketball game against Fredericktown, that will be a fun game and they have a nice gym. On saturday I have basketball practice and then some more shooting with my trainer after practice. I will shoot for a few hours with some friends from other schools and probably play some 3on3. After that I will head home before heading to see my grandma in the retirement home she just got placed into. She is at a really nice retirement home where, she can have anything she wants. Next I will go out to eat with my family at jakes or chipotle. Hopefully we go to chipotle though because that is my favorite restaurant. After that I will probably stay the night at my friend Drew's house. Then the next day go to church with my family. After that I'll go to work with my friends and play some basketball. Once we get off work we'll go out to eat and hang out. Then I will drive to my girlfriends house to stay the night and hang out the next day. I will go to practice on monday then hang out with some friends to end the weekend. This will be a pretty good 3 day weekend.

This week

This week is different than any other week so far this school year. Today I had very little sleep but felt very awake all day. I had lots of energy at my basketball practice and everything in the practice went great in my opinion. Also for a Monday, today was great, Mondays usually suck. I will be going to bed pretty early tonight compared to yesterday. Tomorrow I will be reviewing for my exams that are coming up this week. After school I will be heading to my basketball trainer with some friends to get warmed up before our game against Centerburg. I plan on our JV team winning our 4th game' and our varsity to win our 1st game of the season. Hopefully I get to play in the varsity game and not just dress. Then Wednesday is the first day of exams, as soon as i get to school I have a 2 hour study hall where I will do any and all make up work I have and just relax before taking my blogging exam and Native American studies exam. Thursday I have 3 exams that I really am not looking forward too. First I have US studies which will be pretty hard, theb right after that I have Spanish which will be easy but overall pretty boring. Then after lunch I have my open notes Biology exam which will be really easy but long. Friday I have world Lit and Geometry which will be short and easy especially after a 2 hour delay.

This weekend

This weekend should be pretty sweet, tomorrow I will go to my basketball trainer in the morning for a few hours, to do some shooting drills, ball handling, and 3on3. That will be a lot of fun for me. After that I will head home and eat some food before I head to Northridge for a basketball game. After that I’ll head to my girlfriend’s house for the rest of the day, we’ll probably go to chipotle or some other restaurant then rent a movie. After that we will probably play some basketball if it is not too cold outside. Then I’ll probably head home and go to bed so I can wake up and go to church. When I go to church, I’ll be at the service early, then I might help with the childrens church service. Next I’ll head to subway for lunch with my friend Meach before we go to work. Meach and I will head to work at mount vernon middle school as score keepers. We will work like all day, but in between games we get to play basketball and hang out as well as get free food from the concession stands. This weekend will be really good, I have nothing hard to do and everything is fun. I am looking forward to this weekend after my basketball game tonight. I also have to write an essay which won’t be too fun but besides that my weekend will deffinately be better than this school week.

01/06/12

Tomorrow will be an amazing day, first of all it's a Friday and I have a basketball game. First when I wake up I am going to make pancakes for my breakfast which is a perfect start to a day. Next I have a really easy test in geometry class. The period after that I have Spanish which is always an easy class. 3rd period I have world lit. which is typically a pretty easy class and it goes by pretty fast. 4th period I have my least favorite class of the day which is Native American Studies, it is just a confusing class that in my opinion is poorly taught and has no flow to it. 5th period I have U.S. studies which is a class I really don't look forward too just because I some how have a bad grade even though it seems like an easy class. 6th period I have Lunch which is great I eat good food and hang out with friends, it is the perfect period in the day. Next I have Biology which is difficult but probably my favorite class because it interests me quite a bit. Last period I have blogging class, where I will be working on raising my grade up to at least a B-. After school I will be getting ready for my JV basketball game. After that I get to play in my first ever Varsity game which has me so excited, I work as hard as I can to be on Varsity and now it is a reality.

My first day of christmas break.

My first day of Christmas break was great, I woke up and went to basketball practice. It was a pretty easy and fun practice that I enjoyed. Next I went home and ate a bunch of pancakes. Pancakes are my favorite breakfast food ever. After I ate I did the dishes and cleaned the table. Next I took a shower so that I'd be ready for the day. I got in my car and drove to Johnstown to see my girlfriend, we hung out at her house for a while then went to her basketball game. Her game was fun to watch and went by pretty fast. After that we went to Chipotle where I met a bunch of her extended family from out of Ohio. Her family was really nice and they seemed to like me. After that we went back to her house and we played the Wii for awhile and then watched a movie and ate some snacks. Once we were done with that we went outside and played some basketball until I had to leave to be home before curfew. I started on my way home and almost ran a red light which scared me, and about 5 minutes later about 4 deer walked out of the woods right in front of me and I had to slam on the brakes to make sure I didn't get in accident from swerving or by hitting a deer.Besides the incidents in the car at the end of the day, I had a pretty great day.

My day after school

After school today I and some friends are going to Subway. I will probably get two subs one with chicken lettuce cheese and mayo, and the other with steak and cheese. I will get a bag of chips and a cookie along with a drink, probably coke. After that I will go put some gas in my car because I am running low on fuel. Next I will drop some of my friends off at school, while me and my friend Drew will go to my basketball trainer and shoot around for a little while. We will probably do some kind of shooting drill or ball handling drill to get us warmed up for our rivalry game tonight at 6 pm. Once we are done shooting, we will head back to the school to get ready to leave on the bus to the other school. WE will sit together on the bus and listen to some music like we always do before away games. Once we get to the game we will go to the locker room and get dressed. After that we will stretch then head out to do our pregame warm-ups. We will do layups and jump shots on the left and right side and then do a 3-2 drill before heading to the locker rooms. Once we go to the locker room the coach will talk to us about the game, then we will head back out onto the court and warm up a little more before game time.