Don Wildman

How is Wounded Knee located in this story, and is it a climax, or how does this fit into what we are talking about?

This is a village.

This is a village.

These are men, women, and children.

Right.

And elderly.

I just want to paint the pictures.

So they have encamped at this place, Wounded Knee Creek.

There are shelters built and they're going to be there for a bit of time.

And in comes the 7th Cavalry and they basically surround them, right?

I mean, there are literally... Well, they weren't going to be there for a time.

I just want to cap that by saying, I mean, of my generation, I'm born in 61, so much is defined by that book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

I just remember that being such a huge impact.

Huge cultural impact.

I also went along with the Alcatraz occupation and all the rest that was happening at that point.

There was suddenly a groundswell of understanding of what had happened.

But as you say, the ghost dance, which had been so much of the phenomenon at this time, was lost in this and the more positive story of it was lost.

Let's talk about that.

I mean, Wounded Knee happens and we're moving past this.

How does the ghost dance move on into even into modern culture today?