up next, author and national parks service historian jerome greene talks about his book, american carnage, wounded knee, 1890. the book takes a comprehensive look at south dakota massacre, the causes and the aftermath. talk, he recounts firsthand recollections from lakota indians about the day in which the u.s. cavalry fired on their camp. the kansas city public library hosted this program. i am curious how many of you have heard of wounded knee before today? it is well-known next to the battle of the little bighorn. my first knowledge came from school, probably junior high school. i grew up in northern new york state. i remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 1959, probably most of you were not even around then. i remember reading in the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. i know they carried articles on wounded knee. i remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old
have pushed the vote on this until next tuesday. so no decision today. audrie pott s mother was afraid this was going to happen which is why she and her attorney held a news conference yesterday to counter the opposition to the bill. if you re not familiar with her daughter, audrie, she was a 15-year-old high school student who was sexually assaulted and photographed. she committed suicide after those photos were circulated. senator jim bell proposed audrie s law. this morning at the hearing, lawyer s groups and at least two of the seven assembly members on the committee opposed the mandatory minimum, calling it ineffective, too arbitrary, saying that the juvenile justice system should be focused less on multiple and more on rehabilitation. audrie s mother thinks the law isn t strong enough. if audrie was able to fight back her attackers, it would have gone to an adult court. it would have been open proceedings. they would had sexual offender status. but because she couldn
greene talks about his book, american carnage, wounded knee, 1890. it looks at the south dakota massacre, the causes and the aftermath. he recounts worst hand firsthand recollections from lakota indians about the day in which the u.s. cavalry fired on their camp. killing about the kansas city 300. public library hosted this program. how many of you have heard of wounded knee? i suspect virtually everyone has. it is probably, next to the battle of little big warned, the one army-indian and counter most people i ve heard of. my knowledge comes from high school, junior high school. i grew up in new york state. i remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 59, probably most of you were not even around then. i remember reading in the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. i know they each carried articles on wounded knee. i remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old when wound
battle of little big horn, the one army-indian encounter most people have heard of. my knowledge comes from high school, junior high school. i grew up in new york state. i remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 1959, probably most of you were not even around then. i remember reading in true west, frontier times, the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. i know they each carried articles on wounded knee. i remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old when wounded knee occurred, and about 1958, 59 i approached her and i can remember being in the room him in the house and i asked her if she remembered anything about hearing about wounded knee. i believe she told me that she thought vaguely that it sounded familiar to her. but that was a long time ago and she was an old lady. my first visit to the site came in 1969 when i was a graduate student at the university of south
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