US History – A Twisted Footnote to Wounded Knee

Follow the link below to answer the following questions. They can be typed or written.

Answer in complete sentances.

1. How many people on both sides of the “battle” were killed?

2. How is Sitting Bull characterized in his “obituary” in the Aberdeen newspaper?

3. How are the remaining Indians characterized in the second paragraph of teh article from the newspaper? How does the author suggest the remaining Indians in this country should be dealt with?

4. Who was the editor of this paper who called for extermination? What is he most famous for?

5. In the editorial published on January 3, 1891 why does the author suggest extermination is the only route for the Indian?

6. Read the author’s “hypotehtical parallel”. Would the world have protested if this scenario had played out? Is his “parallel” a fair comparison, tying Frank Baum with the same mind-set as the Nazi’s? Explain.

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