The politics of hallowed ground
Subtitle: Wounded Knee and the struggle for Indian sovereignty
By: Mario Gonzalez and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.
Contributors: Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Teton Indians -- Government relations; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890; National monuments -- South Dakota; Teton Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc
Description: This account of hope, anger, and the pursuit of honor centers around the efforts, beginning in 1985, of the Wounded Knee Survivors' Associations to obtain legal redress for the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee.

Interweaving entries from the diary of Oglala attorney Mario Gonzalez and historical commentary by Santee/Yankton writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, The Politics of Hallowed Ground traces the Survivors' Associations' struggle to secure from the U.S. government a formal apology and recognition of the massacre site as a National American Monument.

Surveying both recent and historical events, Gonzalez and Cook-Lynn address critical issues of cultural bias and collective memory. Their observations expose not only the seemingly unbridgeable gap between white and Native cultures but also impassioned dialogue among various tribes affected by the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-416) and index.