A Look Back at Wounded Knee.

Briefly describes the history of the Sioux Indians and the events leading to the Army massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. "The Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 concluded the last gesture of rebellion by American Indians against the fate which had overtaken them." As soon as Europeans stepped on American soil, the end of the Indians' old way of life was inevitable, yet the alternatives given them by the federal government were humiliating and less than adequate. Though time has lessened social and economic problems faced by the Indians, injustices still remain, as shown by the American Indian Movement's decision to use Wounded Knee as the site for a protest demonstration in 1973. 15 notes.