9/ should come forth and they would be safe. Little boys who were not wounded came out of their places of refuge, and as soon as they came in sight a number of soldiers surrounded them and butchered them there."
We must not only remember, we must recognize that the so called united states government conducted a mass slaughter of Lakota men, women, and children. They were gunned down where they stood and those that tried to run were hunted down like animals.
10/ We must raise our voices in concert and say that Remembering Wounded Knee is not enough. We must hold to account the participants of this shameful act by telling this story so that everyone knows the truth and we can collectively mourn the loss of the innocents and innocence lost that day. We must work together to ensure that Lakota lives are remembered, not the accolades given for a massacre.
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