Question

wounded knee
choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
check comprehension

1. what is the central idea of the article?

a some details of the wounded knee conflict are still unclear 125 years later.
b many women and children were killed in the wounded knee conflict.
c the wounded knee conflict left a long and painful legacy for native americans.
d the wounded knee conflict marked the start of armed native american resistance to the u.s. government.

1. according to the article, which of these events happened last?

a general george custer was killed at the battle of the little bighorn.
b lakota leader sitting bull was killed.
c a bloody conflict erupted on the banks of wounded knee creek.
d the sioux attacked settlers in the sioux uprising.

1. which statement is true about federally recognized american indian tribes today?

a they no longer have reservations.
b they do not have to follow any federal or state laws.
c fewer than 100 of these tribes are left.
d they are seen as sovereign nations for most purposes.

1. which of these was not a common occurrence as tribes were forced onto reservations in the 1800s?

a tribes were promised annual payments and food.
b authorities tried to convert tribes to christianity.
c reservations shrank as authorities took more land.
d tribes were punished when they tried to farm.
analyze the text

1. you can infer from the article that

a indian reservations have very low crime rates.
b tribes that have built casinos on their reservations have seen mixed results.
c the obama administration plans to issue a public apology for wounded knee this year.
d only native americans can gamble at tribal casinos.

1. select the sentence from the text that best supports your answer to question 5.

a \disputes with the u.s. government over resources, land, and treaties persist.\
b \but those in remote areas have failed to lift their people out of poverty...\
c \other overtures have been made.\
d \culturally, many native american tribes have undergone a revival...\

1. the author’s purpose in discussing conditions on the pine ridge reservation is to

a show how poverty - stricken some reservations are.
b give an example of a wealthy reservation.
c demonstrate the impact of the return of bison herds.
d none of the above

1. when black elk descendant myron pourier says, “the massacre at wounded knee did not silence us,” he probably means that

a descendants will find out what really happened there.
b native americans will keep trying to improve their lives.
c many books have been written about the tragedy.
d native americans have forgotten about the tragedy.
in - depth questions please use the other side of this paper for your responses.

1. the black hills area was taken from the sioux in the late 1800s, and the supreme court ruled in 1980 that the tribe should be compensated for the land. how do you think fair compensation should be calculated?
2. which word would you use to describe wounded knee - tragedy, battle, massacre, or something else? explain.

Explanation:

1. The central idea focuses on the lasting harm of Wounded Knee to Native Americans.
2. Chronologically, the Wounded Knee conflict occurred after the other listed events.
3. Federally recognized tribes have sovereign nation status for most legal purposes.
4. Tribes were not punished for farming; they faced land loss, forced conversion, and broken payment promises.
5. Casino outcomes for tribes are mixed (some thrive, some don't).
6. The quote about remote areas failing to escape poverty supports mixed casino results.
7. Pine Ridge is cited to show severe poverty in some reservations.
8. The quote means Native Americans persist in improving their lives despite the trauma.
9. Fair compensation should include the 1980 court-mandated value plus inflation, plus cultural reparations for the loss of sacred land.
10. "Massacre" is accurate because most victims were unarmed women and children, not combatants in a fair battle.

Answer:

1. c. The Wounded Knee conflict left a long and painful legacy for Native Americans.
2. c. A bloody conflict erupted on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek.
3. d. They are seen as sovereign nations for most purposes.
4. d. Tribes were punished when they tried to farm.
5. b. tribes that have built casinos on their reservations have seen mixed results.
6. b. "But those in remote areas have failed to lift their people out of poverty ..."
7. a. show how poverty-stricken some reservations are.
8. b. Native Americans will keep trying to improve their lives.
9. Fair compensation should start with the 1980 Supreme Court's calculated value of the Black Hills, adjusted for decades of inflation to reflect current market worth. Additionally, it should include cultural reparations to address the immeasurable harm of displacing the Sioux from their sacred land, such as funding for cultural preservation programs, land back initiatives for non-sacred adjacent lands, and direct payments to tribal members.
10. I would use "massacre". The event was not a fair battle: the majority of the victims were unarmed Lakota women and children, and U.S. forces attacked a disarmed camp, making the term "massacre" the most accurate description of the one-sided, intentional killing of non-combatants.