BARRE More than 100 artifacts that were pilfered from the bodies of many of the nearly 300 Lakota people slaughtered at the Wounded Knee Massacre 132 years ago are now much closer to their rightful resting places.On Saturday, in a symbolic handover.
BARRE – More than 100 artifacts pilfered from the bodies of many of the nearly 300 Lakota people slaughtered at the Wounded Knee Massacre 132 years ago are now much closer to their rightful resting places. The massacre took place on Dec. 29, 1890,.
Moccasins, pipes and other items believed to have been taken off the bodies of slaughtered native people are on their way home, from Massachusetts to South Dakota.
After decades of requests from the Oglala Lakota, the Barre Museum Association returned more than 100 items to tribal leaders. Some of the objects are believed to come from the bodies of those massacred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890.
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