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American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890

Presented By
Jerome Greene

On a cold day in December 1890, near a creek called Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry opened fire on an encampment of Sioux Indians. The ensuing massacre claimed more than 250 lives, including many Native women and children.

In a discussion of his new book, Jerome Greene, a retired research historian for the National Park Service, explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, their troubled legacy, and the episode’s connection to the Kansas City region.

Greene is the author of books on frontier military life, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890

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In Person
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Adults