“Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses initially resisted white encroachment into Lakota lands. In the late 1870s, realizing that the survival of his people was at stake, he became a friend to the whites and the president of the Pine Ridge Indian Council. Pine Ridge was the site of Wounded Knee and the home of writer Black Elk.” Pine Ridge is also the site of Aaron Huey’s recent heartbreaking photos.
Thanks to the Annenburg Foundation and their great teacher Web site, www.learner.org. November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
Reblogged from History Matters to Me.
