A phenomena swept the American west in 1888 by Paiute holy man Wovoka from Nevada.. Wovoka, son of the mystic Tavibo, drew on his father's teachings and his own vision during an eclipse of the sun. He began spreading the "gospel" that came to be known as the Ghost Dance Religion. He claimed that the earth would soon perish and then come alive again in a pure, aboriginal state, to be inherited by the Indians, including the dead, for an eternal existence free from suffering. To earn this new reality, however, Indians had to live harmoniously and honestly, cleanse themselves often, and shun the ways of the whites, especially alcohol, the destroyer. Wovoka also discouraged the practice of mourning, because the dead would soon be resurrected, demanding instead the performance of prayers, meditation, chanting, and especially dancing through which one might briefly die and catch a glimpse of the paradise-to-come, replete with lush green prairie grass, large buffalo herds and Indian ancestors.Kicking Bear, a Miniconjou Teton Lakota, made a pilgrimage to Nevada to learn about this new "religion". Together with Short Bull, another Miniconjou mystic, they gave another interpretation, choosing to disregard Wovoka's anti-violence and emphasizing the possible elimination of the whites. Special Ghost Dance Shirts, they claimed, would protect them against the white man's bullets White officials became alarmed at the religious fervor and activism and in December 1890 banned the Ghost Dance on Lakota reservations. When the rites continued, officials called in troops to Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. The military, led by veteran General Nelson Miles, geared itself for another campaign. The presence of the troops exacerbated the situation. Short Bull and Kicking Bear led their followers to the northwest corner of the Pine Ridge reservation, to a sheltered escarpment known as the Stronghold. The dancers sent word to Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapas to join them. Before he could set out from the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, however, he was arrested by Indian police. A scuffle ensued in which Sitting Bull and seven of his warriors were slain. Six of the policemen were killed. General Miles had also ordered the arrest of Big Foot, who had been known to live along the Cheyenne River in South Dakota. But, Big Foot and his followers had already departed south to Pine Ridge, asked there by Red Cloud and other supporters of the whites, in an effort to bring tranquility. Miles sent out the infamous Seventh Calvary led by Major Whitside to locate the renegades. They scoured the Badlands and finally found the Miniconjou dancers on Porcupine Creek, 30 miles east of Pine Ridge. The Indians offered no resistance. Big Foot, ill with pneumonia, rode in a wagon. The soldiers ordered the Indians to set up camp five miles westward, at Wounded Knee Creek. Colonel James Forsyth arrived to take command and ordered his guards to place four Hotchkiss cannons in position around the camp. The soldiers now numbered around 500; the Indians 350, all but 120 of these women and children. The following morning, December 29, 1890, the soldiers entered the camp demanding the all Indian firearms be relinquished. A medicine man named Yellow Bird advocated resistance, claiming the Ghost Shirts would protect them. One of the soldiers tried to disarm a deaf Indian named Black Coyote. A scuffle ensued and the firearm discharged. The silence of the morning was broken and soon other guns echoed in the river bed. At first, the struggle was fought at close quarters, but when the Indians ran to take cover, the Hotchkiss artillery opened up on them, cutting down men, women, children alike, the sick Big Foot among them. By the end of this brutal, unnecessary violence, which lasted less than an hour, at least 150 Indians had been killed and 50 wounded. In comparison, army casualties were 25 killed and 39 wounded. Forsyth was later charged with killing the innocents, but exonerated.

He refuses to sign the treaty, goes to the reservation. Story of his last years and death, then of his followers going to chief Bigfoot and it all ending at Wounded Knee. tells of Kicking Bear bringing the Ghost Dance to the Standing Rock Reservation.

Ending segment of the Massacre At Wounded Knee taken from the documentary "500 Nations". Included is a personal ending by me added to the end of the Wounded Knee segment. Song: Elohim Meth by Katatonia Never Forget

full version, no video Lyrics: The Legend of Crazy Horse by J.D. Blackfoot You took his land and you ate his corn, and on his grave your land was born. You took his pride and you fed him dirt, you wished him winter without a shirt and you called this red man SAVAGE! And after you crushed him you helped him up, to let him drink from an empty cup. You gave him that Navy without the fleet, and made him lick your hands and kiss your feet, and you named this mad dog SAVAGE! Well I found a book the other day, so I looked up red and white to see what'd say. One was a savage, the other unlearned, like a look in the mirror the tables were turned....for history has named you--SAVAGE! In the year of 65 when I was very young, we watched the dust clouds to the south and we knew that you had come. We saw you build your chain of forts along the Bozeman road But Red-Cloud had his allies a-counted long before it snowed. And someday Great White Father you will know my name! In the year of 66 you met me face to face. I decoyed your Captain Fetterman and we never left a trace. Into our sacred homelands your Blue Coat Soldiers came, But we just taught you a heap-big lesson in the battle of a hundred slain. And someday Great White Father you will know my name! In the June of 76 our Nation joined its hands. We made our camp at the Little Bighorn not knowing of your plans. You sent your long-haired Custer of the Seventh Cavalry, to hunt and kill my children for wanting to be free. And I think it's time Great White Father that you knew my name!!! It's Crazy Horse! It's Crazy Horse! And I wish that you were here to see, cause I got Yellow Hair cornered at the Bighorn and I'm about to set him free! Ride to the village to get my Oglala's, the Sans Arc's and the Miniconjou, Get Sitting Bull with his band of Hunkpapa's the Brule's and the Blackfoot's too! Riding home from battle came the Cheyenne ponies with white blood drippin' from their feet! Their riders were a lookin' and a shoutin' up to heaven, here's to Chivington at Sand Creek! Hey there mister wagon master what do ya' have inside, hidden underneath that buffalo hide? Could it be ya brought to me some food from the man back east, so my starvin' children could have a feast? Hey mother come look and see what the bastard done brought to me---alcohol, tobacco and guns....alcohol tobacco and guns. Now I have seen the Eagle soaring beautiful and free, I don't want no man to make less of me. Do you take me for a fool or as a little child? And do you really wonder what's made me wild? Hey paleface ya better run...because my men are having lots of fun with alcohol, tobacco and guns-yeah! Now I have waited patiently for you to pay your rent, but as of yet I haven't seen that first red cent. I don't think that there's much chance of me evicting you, but watch out for that day that you get Sioux'd. A hundred years have seen the setting sun, but his sad country still is run on alcohol-tobacco- and guns. A hundred years have seen the setting sun, but his sad country still is run on alcohol-tobacco-and guns. Now you try to trick me and lock me up in jail, but where would a stupid savage find the bondsman or the bail? I turn to run for I am scared and want so to be free, I feel the ice-cold bayonet as it sinks deep inside of me. But some day Great White Father you'll remember me! Sioux warriors teach your children the white man's evil tongue. Make them know the name of Crazy Horse and the battles he has won. So they will know the truth when its knowledge that they crave. Let them sing of the land of the free and the home of the brave. And of the Great White father that dug my grave. Brown rivers once were blue, now the fish float upside down. Ancestral burial grounds that's where you built your towns. The smokestacks from your factories they pollute my skies. You slaughtered all my buffalo and you left me here to die. And all of this you have done in the name of God! Crazy Horse he was laid to rest on a creek called Wounded Knee. but there is more buried in his grave than the wisest man could see. I have dreamed the vision of the horse that dances wild, and I have seen the land of the great beyond. I am one with this earth as a little child. Let my eternal light shine on. Ride away and don't recall the things that are best forgotten. Try to find a way-of picking from the barrel the one that's rotten. The key to peace is sitting on your shoulders. So knock upon the door and you walk on in. You're just a child who has but to remember, that in yourself you just found your best friend. so ride away lord-- It is said that Crazy Horse had the power to dream himself into the real world- and to leave the illusion behind.......

Be sure to view The Full Version is at www dot archive dot org then do a search for tuffyjon. for some reason this video doesn't play correctly on youtube. The Song of Crazy Horse Words & Music by: J D Blackfoot © 1973 Published by: Tokala Music You took his land and you ate his corn, and on his grave your land was born. You took his pride and you fed him dirt, you wished him winter without a shirt and you called this red man savage. And after you crushed him you helped him up, to let him drink from an empty cup. You gave him the Navy without the fleet, and made him lick your hands and kiss your feet, and you named this mad dog savage. Well I found a book the other day, so I looked up red and white to see what it'd say. One was a savage the other unlearned, like a look in the mirror the tables were turned, for history has named you - savage. In the year of 65 when I was very young, we watched the dust clouds to the south we knew that you had come. We saw you build your chain of forts along the Bozeman Road, but Red Cloud had his allies a-counted long before it snowed. And someday Great White Father you will know my name. In December of 66' you met me face to face. I decoyed your Captain Fetterman and we never left a trace. Into our sacred homelands your Blue Coat Soldiers came, but we just taught you a heap-big lesson in the Battle of a Hundred Slain. And someday Great White Father you will know my name. In the June of 76' our Nation joined its hands. We made our camps on The Little Bighorn not knowing of your plans. You sent your long-haired Custer with the Seventh Cavalry, to hunt and kill my children for wanting to be free. And I think it's time Great White Father that you knew my name ! It's Crazy Horse - it's Crazy Horse and I wish you were here to see, cause' I got Yellow Hair cornered at the Bighorn and I'm about to set him free. Ride to the village to get my Oglala's, the Sans Arc's and the Miniconjou, Get Sitting Bull with his band of Hunkpapa's, the Brule's and Blackfoot's too. Ridin' home from battle came the Cheyenne ponies with white blood drippin' from their feet. Their riders were a lookin' and a shoutin' up to heaven here's to Chivington at Sand Creek. Hey there mister wagon master what do ya' have inside, hidden underneath of that buffalo hide. Could it be ya' brought to me some food from the man back east, so my starvin' children could have a feast. A-hey mother come look and see, what the bastard done brought to me - its alcohol - tobacco - and guns, alcohol - tobacco - and guns

Here is an inspirational song performed by the great Mahalia Jackson, chosen to illustrate the fabulous figure of Charlton Heston, an all-American hero. Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; 1923 -- 2008) was an American actor of film, theater and television. A brawny, virile classical actor whose physical presence, intelligent performances and authoritative voice left a distinctive mark on fifty years of Hollywood filmmaking, his career encompassed roles in numerous historical epics, period dramas, and Hollywood adventure films. At his best in the 1950's and 1960's, Heston continued to play leading roles through the 1990's and was also called upon to lend his voice or imposing stature to certain supporting roles no one quite as large ever really emerged to fill. Heston is best remembered for his heroic roles, such as Moses in "The Ten Commandments", Colonel George Taylor in "Planet of the Apes" and Judah Ben-Hur in "Ben-Hur", the role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In the 1950's and 1960's he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Heston earned recognition for his appearance in his first professional movie, "Dark City", a 1950 film noir. His breakthrough came when Cecil B. DeMille cast him as a circus manager in "The Greatest Show on Earth", which was named by the Motion Picture Academy as the best picture of 1952. Heston became an icon for portraying Moses in "The Ten Commandments", reportedly being chosen by director Cecil B. DeMille because he thought the muscular, 6 ft 3 in, square jawed Heston bore an uncanny resemblance to the statue of Moses by Michelangelo. After Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster and Rock Hudson turned down the title role of "Ben-Hur" (1959), Heston accepted the role, going on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, one of the unprecedented eleven Oscars the film earned. After Moses and Ben-Hur, Heston would be identified with Biblical epics more than any other actor. Heston went on to leading roles in a number of fictional and historical epics — "El Cid" (1961), "55 Days at Peking" (1963), as Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1965), and "Khartoum" (1966). In 1968, he starred in the hugely successful "Planet of the Apes". In 1970, Heston portrayed Mark Antony again in a Technicolor film version of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". In 1971 he starred in the science fiction film, "The Omega Man". In 1972 Heston made his directorial debut, and starred, as Mark Antony in an adaptation of the William Shakespeare play he performed earlier in his theater career, "Antony and Cleopatra". He subsequently starred in successful films such as "Soylent Green" (1973), and "Earthquake" (1974). Beginning with playing Cardinal Richelieu in 1973's "The Three Musketeers", Heston was seen in an increasing number of supporting roles, cameos and theater. But Heston was also a generous political activist. During the civil rights march held in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he accompanied Martin Luther King Jr. In later speeches, Heston said he helped the civil rights cause, "long before Hollywood found it fashionable". He opposed the Vietnam War. While filming "The Savage", he was initiated by blood into the Miniconjou Sioux tribe. Enjoy Charlton Heston's immense and legendary class!