Title: General Miles and staff Six military men on horseback on a hill overlooking a large encampment of tipis. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

Sitting Bull c1884. Sitting Bull was shot and killed when police tried to arrest him outside his house on the Standing Rock reservation on December 15, 1890. After his death, members of his Hunkpapa band followed Chief Spotted Elk to Wounded Knee. Palmquist & Jurgens, photographer. (Denver Public Library; Western History Collection) #

Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, seated holding peace pipe, wearing war bonnet, bust. Barry, D. F. (David Frances), photographer. (Denver Public Library; Western History Collection) #

Title: Devil’s Tower. Distant view of Devils Tower and reflection of tower in stream in foreground. 1890. According to the National Park Service, over twenty tribes have potential cultural affiliation with the landmark. Among other names, The Lakota Sioux call Devils Tower “Bear Lodge.” Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

Title: At the Dance. Part of the 8th U.S. Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian Grass Dance on Reservation Group portrait of Big Foot’s (Miniconjou) band and federal military men, in an open field, at a Grass Dance on the Cheyenne River, S.D.–on or near Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. 1890. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

Seven Lakota scouts and four uniformed Euro-Americans posed behind an artillery piece or Hotchkiss gun, probably in the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. “Copr. Paul Wernert [i.e. Weinert] and gunners of Battery “E” 1st Artillery / photo. and copyright 1891 by the Grabill P. & V., Deadwood, S.D.” (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) #

Title: “Grand review.” U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D. Very distant view of a line of military men on horseback. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

“Scenes of 1891 – Battle of Wounded Knee.” Buffalo Bill, Capt. Baldwin, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Capt. Moss, and others, on horseback, on battlefield of Wounded Knee. Ca. 1890. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) #

“Miniconjou chief Spotted Elk (aka. Bigfoot) lies dead in the snow after massacre at Wounded Knee. Trager and Kuhn, photographer/Northwestern Photo Co., Chadron, Nebraska. (Denver Public Library; Western History Collection) #

“Burial of the dead at the battle of Wounded Knee, S.D.” U.S. Soldiers putting Indians in common grave; some corpses are frozen in different positions. South Dakota. c1891 Jan. 17. Northwestern Photo Co. (Trager & Kuhn) Chadron, Neb. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) #

“Scene after the battle.” Jan. 1891. View southwest from center of council circle after the fight at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows men holding moccasins and other souvenirs among the frozen bodies of Native American Lakota Sioux on the snow covered ground. (Denver Public Library; Western History Collection) #

1891 January 3. The Medican [i.e. Medicine] Man. View of the slain frozen body of a Native American Lakota Sioux medicine man, Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The body has clenched arms and is posed with a rifle. (Denver Public Library; Western History Collection) #

A young Oglala girl sitting in front of a tipi, with a puppy beside her, probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. 1891. Grabill, John C. H., photographer. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) #

Title: U.S. School for Indians at Pine Ridge, S.D. Small Oglala tipi camp in front of large government school buildings in open field. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

Title: Indian chiefs who counciled with Gen. Miles and setteled [sic] the Indian War — 1. Standing Bull, 2. Bear Who Looks Back Running [Stands and Looks Back], 3. Has the Big White Horse, 4. White Tail, 5. Liver [Living] Bear, 6. Little Thunder, 7. Bull Dog, 8. High Hawk, 9. Lame, 10. Eagle Pipe Group portrait of Lakota chiefs, five standing and five sitting with tipi in background–probably on or near Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA #

Title: “Home of Mrs. American Horse.” Visiting squaws at Mrs. A’s home in hostile camp Oglala women and children seated inside an uncovered tipi frame in an encampment–most are looking away from the camera–probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

Title: Villa of Brule A Lakota tipi camp near Pine Ridge, in background; horses at White Clay Creek watering hole, in the foreground. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 #

In full tribal regalia, Dewey Beard, left, and James Pipe-on-Head, survivors of the wounded knee creek massacre of 1890 in South Dakota, arrived in Washington on March 4, 1938, to testify in behalf of a bill to pay $1,000 to each of the survivors of the bloody fight in which 290 members of the Sioux Indian band were slain. They were greeted by John Collier, center, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (AP Photo) #

Church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Nov. 1940. Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)#

Typical of homes of Indians on the Pine Ridge reservation in southwest South Dakota, shown Feb. 28, 1956, is this log cabin with the tent alongside it. The cabin belongs to Grandma Dirt Kettle, who is more than 100 years old. It is in better condition than many cabins, with a tar paper instead of a dirt roof, and it has two rooms. Relatives of Grandma Dirt Kettle live in the tent. The aged woman refused to have her picture taken. She remembers the Custer battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 and the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. Wrecks of cars like the one on the right are seen frequently on the reservation. It is the second largest in the country – 55 by 75 miles of arid plains. (AP Photo) #

FEB 2 1968 – Woman carry home the groceries in this Indian country scene in South Dakota. Note the contrasting skirt lengths of the two Indian women. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

FEB 2 1968 – Scenes like this are common on the Sioux Indian reservations of South Dakota. The woman pictured lives in the white shack. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

Harlington Wood, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, third row center without hat, is escorted into the village of Wounded Knee by militant Indians of the AIM group, March 13, 1973. Second row, left, wearing mackinaw is Russell Means, one of the AIM leaders and Carter Camp, another leader walks beside Wood. Wood was sent to the reservation in an effort to find a solution to the problem. (AP Photo) #

Indians on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Wounded Knee, S.D. watch U.S. Marshals on the ridge beyond as both slides remained at a standoff on March 3, 1973 in Wounded Knee. (AP Photo) #

A member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) at Wounded Knee, S.D., March 8, 1973 raises his rifle and cheers after receiving news that federal authorities had extended the cease fire for further negotiations to end the standoff. AIM was occupying the village that was the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. (AP Photo) #

FEB 23 1973 – Sen. George McGovern Talks With Reporters After Arriving In Pine Ridge. McGovern and fellow democratic Sen. James Abourezk came to meet Indian militants. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

MAR 3 1973 – Four Persons Removed from The Jail at Pine Ridge, S.D. The four, arrested Friday night, were taken Saturday to the jail at Rapid City, S.D. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

MAR 2 1973 – A Federal Marshal Confiscates Weapons from A car stopped at Road Block Seven Miles from Wounded Knee, S.D. Sen. George McGovern. D.S.D. reported that weapons were very much in evidence in the village and the damage that had been done was ‘incredible.’ (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

Russell Means, right, leader of the militant AIM group holding the village of Wounded Knee, S.D. on the Pine Ridge reservation, beats the drum at a meeting of the Indians, Friday, March 10, 1973. Man at left is not identified. (AP Photo) #

Russell Means, one of the AIM leaders in Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 12, 1973, explains to followers what is expected of them now that they are a new sovereign nation. (AP Photo) #

Dennis Banks, field director of the American Indian Movement takes the lead of an estimated 150 Indians who joined in a march around the parking lot of the county jail, Feb. 12, 1973 in Rapid City, South Dakota, where 40 Indians are held on riot charges. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

Two armored personnel carriers wait in the darkness near Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters on Feb. 28, 1973 in Wounded Knee. Federal marshals spent part of the day Wednesday where a group Indians have hostages (AP Photo) #

Dennis Banks, one of leaders of the American Indian Movement, shows depleted food supply at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 25, 1973. AIM has controlled the village for almost four weeks. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) #

Sens. James Abourezk, left, and George McGovern listen to Sefert Youngbear, center, during negotiations, Thursday, March 2, 1973 in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, as Russell Means, right and Crow Dog, second from right, listen. Meanwhile, federal marshals maintain their posts outside the town. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

A general view of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 27, 1973 during negotiations between members of the American Indian Movement and Federal Agents. (AP Photo) #

View of the church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 27, 1973. In foreground is a make-shift barricade constructed by supporters of AIM during their seizure of the hamlet. (AP Photo) #

Scenes at the small hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 27, 1973 where negotiations between officials of the U.S. Government and the American Indian Movement (AIM) remain deadlocked. (AP Photo) #

Rocky Madrid, a white medic, lies wounded in a make shift hospital in Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 18, 1973, after being shot in the stomach during exchange of gunfire between AIM Native Americans and federal lawmen. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

Harlington Wood, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, (white shirt) is escorted by armed members of AIM into the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 13, 1973 to meet with leaders. Wood was sent to the village held for the last two weeks by the militants in an effort to work out a solution to the problem. (AP Photo) #

Local concerned Oglala Sioux keep watch at roadblock near Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 27, 1973 to prevent supplies from reaching members of the American Indian Movement who hold the village. The blockade was ordered on March 26 by the Oglala Sioux Tribal President Dick Wilson. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) #

Assistant U.S. attorney general Kent Frizzell, right, listens to AIM Indian as other AIM leaders sit by in tepee prior to signing of peace settlement, April 5, 1973 in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Kneeling is Wallace Black Elk and to his left are AIM leaders Russell Means, Dennis Banks and Carter Camp, in that order. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

Constant watch is maintained on government movements by members of the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 23, 1973. Militant AIM members took over the tiny hamlet over three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) #

A unidentified Native American member of AIM sits in bunker with his rifle in front of church in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 2, 1973, that is still occupied by the Indians. Town of Wounded Knee is still in control of AIM. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

Harlington Wood, right, of the U.S. Attorney General’s office, is escorted by armed AIM supporters from car to conference with AIM leaders in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 19, 1973, as efforts to end the occupation of Wounded Knee continue. (AP Photo) #

AIM leader Carter Camp, white shirt, and attorney William Kunstler, to Camp’s right, join AIM Indians in celebrating the pullout of federal lawmen from roadblocks in Wounded Knee, South Dakota , March 10, 1973, which have surrounded Wounded Knee for over a week following takeover of the town by AIM Indians. (AP Photo) #

Blanketed against Wednesday’s high wind, members of the American Indian Movement head toward bunkers at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 22, 1973. AIM and government negotiations remained deadlocked on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) #

American Indian Movement leader Russell Means, who is challenging incumbent Oglala Sioux Tribal President Richard Wilson in Thursday’s election on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, laughs at news report which quoted Wilson as saying he will give AIM 10 days to get off the reservation after he is reelected “or else”. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) #

MAR 5 1973 – Members Of American Indian Movement Perform An Indian Ceremony Sunday at a Tepee. The tepee was later moved to site away from Wounded Knee where Indian representatives and federal officials met. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

AIM leader Russell Means, left and assistant U.S. attorney general Kent Frizzell sign settlement of the Wounded Knee problem April 5, 1973 in South Dakota. Looking on left is Frizzells assistant Richard Helstern and AIM leader Dennis Banks. (AP Photo) #

APR 5 1973 – Hank Adams, Negotiator for Wounded Knee Indians. (Barry Staver/The Denver Post) #

MAR 3 1973 – Dennis Banks, Aim national field director, tells women residents of Wounded Knee, S.D., that they are in the middle of a war, one he promised the Indians eventually will win. (Dave Buresh/The Denver Post) #

American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks holds an envelope addressed to the Justice Department containing ashes of federal proposal for Indians to evacuate Wounded Knee, March 5, 1973 in Wounded Knee, SD. AIM leaders burned the document. Russell Means, center, and Carter Camp look on. (AP Photo) #

Two men who said the were Vietnam veterans rest in a bunker at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on March 13, 1973, after joining up with the militant Oglala Sioux Indians holding the village. There have been a number of outsiders that have joined the American Indian Movement in the past few days. (AP Photo) #

Supporter of American Indian Movement keeps watch from church bell tower at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, March 22, 1973. Militant AIM members have held the small hamlet for over three weeks. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) #

Russell Means, left, leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) at Wounded Knee, March 9, 1973, exchanges a handshake with Bishop James Armstrong of the United Methodist Church, right, after Armstrong presented a proposal for further negotiations with the government. Dennis Banks, another AIM leader looks on. (AP Photo) #

Russell Means, left, leader of the American Indian Movement, answers questions about the occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., Sunday, April 9, 1973 at a Washington news conference. Also at the conference are Chief Terronez Bad Cob, center, 2nd Leonard Crow Dog. Means will testify on Monday before the House Indian Affairs subcommittee. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry) #

A young Indian girl wearing a sweatshirt proclaiming “My hearts in Wounded Knee,” stands in front of the casket of Lawrence Lamont during funeral on May 4, 1973 in Wounded Knee. Lamont died last week in Wounded Knee during a shooting confrontation between militant AIM Indians and federal lawman. On the casket is picture of Lamont in his Military Uniform. (AP Photo) #