Malmö: Castle Museum (art exhibition).

“We Shall Never Forget Wounded Knee” by Christer Themptander. He was born 23 May 1943 in Stockholm.

“The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on 29 December 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota.

“On the morning of 29 December 1890, US troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. A scuffle over the rifle escalated, and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their fellow soldiers. The Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking soldiers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed.

“By the time it was over, more than 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded (four men and 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300. Twenty-five soldiers also died, and 39 were wounded (six of the wounded later died). At least twenty soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions condemning the awards and called on the US government to rescind them. The site of the battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark.”