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Native Americans Over the Years, Term Paper
Pages:2 (562 words)
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Subject:Literature
Topic:Wounded Knee
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#60815100
The town of Wounded Knee is located on the present day Pine Ridge Reservation. The leaders of the resistance purposefully chose Wounded Knee as the site for their protest, as it is loaded with spiritual and political significance for Native Americans.
The United States government and military responded immediately to the Indians' occupation. The United States military's force by far exceeded that of the Indians. The government attempted to block food and medical supplies, aiming to starve the occupiers out of Wounded Knee. During the course of the stand off, two Native American Indians were fatally shot. By the fifth of May, the occupiers reached an agreement with the United States government to disarm. The siege would come to an end three days later, and the town was evacuated, at which point the United States government took control of Wounded Knee.
The United States' stance against anyone who poses a threat to its hegemony continues to play itself out around the world. The recent invasion of Iraq is but one major instance of this tendency. The idea that the Iraqi people are directly responsible for threats of terrorism against the United States is a lie that was sold to the American people so that our current President and his cronies, who had interest in the oil of the region, could get in there and exploit the area's natural resources. Unfortunately, not only are the Iraqi people now suffering because of this - but also America's global reputation has sunk to an all-time low.
Works Cited
Singer, Joseph. "Sovereignty and Property." Nw.U.L.Rev. 1,…
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Works Cited
Singer, Joseph. "Sovereignty and Property." Nw.U.L.Rev. 1, 1991: 4-5.
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