New Observations (142)

New Observations: Wounded Knee: Healing the Heartbeat of America

New Observations is an independent, non-profit contemporary arts and culture journal that is written edited and published by the arts community in an expanded process, as a work of collaborative art.

This double issue is dedicated to Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890-91 and its surviving people and nation.

CONTENTS

Ghost Dance, song by Robbie Robertson

8 You Don’t Stand a Chance Against My Prayers – Mia Feroleto
The Last of Sitting Bull – Madeline McCullough
The Ghost Dance War and Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890-91 – Elaine Goodale Eastman
Our Wounded Knee – Peter Champoux
In Memory of Chief Big Foot Massacre – David W. Grua
The American Holocausto – Dr Alessandro Martire
Wounded Knee is a Crime Scene – Laurent Olivier
Medic in the Green Time – Owen Luck
The 1990 Annual Big Foot Memorial Ride – Photos by Keri Pickett
Interview with Alex White Plume – Mia Feroleto
Resolution of Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council
Position Submitted to Congressional Hearings
Press Release on the January 2011 Treaty Gathering
Summary of World Court Action
Interview with Wendell Yellow Bull – Mia Feroleto
Welcome to Barre, Massachusetts – Mia Feroleto
Moccasins on the Ground – Photos by John Willis
This is a Call to Action Loud and Clear – Mia Feroleto
Letter to Barre Museum Association – Mia Feroleto
Chief Henry Red Cloud letter
Kevin Killer letter
Return: Museums and Native Belongings – Aaron F. Miller
How I Found Myself in Barre – John Willis
Land and Darien Young Man Afraid of Horses
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1881
The Heartbreak of Wounded Knee – Book review by Annie Wenger-Nabigon
Contributors’ bios