Title: The politics of hallowed ground
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Teton Indians, Government relations, Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890, National monuments, Legal status, laws, Dakota Indians, History of specific racial & ethnic groups, North America, Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies, Native American, United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877), Social Science / Anthropology / General, History - General History, South Dakota, Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1, Sociology, Indians of north america, government relations, Indians of north america, legal status, laws, etc., Lakota Indians
Places: South Dakota
LC classification: E99.T34 G65 1999