Battle of Wounded Knee

This a photograph of the scene of Big Foots Camp after the Battle of Wounded Knee, I decided to use this image as it is quite horrific and shows how much the Americans wanted everything to move west so the country would be the same.

 The fact that everything has been destroyed shows how little the Americans cared for the Native Americans, and by looking at this image they seem to have forgotten that the Native Americans were here first and now they are taking over their land. But I think that goes back to the ideology that the first time people arrived in America and met the them they immediately thought they would make good slaves. So its almost as though everyone else now believes that the Native Americans don't have the same rights as them.

This is photograph of a mass grave for the Native Americans after the battle. I thought this image would be good to use as it is as though people had no respect for the Native Americans as there is one grave for everyone, instead of honouring everyone that had died. This re-enforces the fact that the Americans wanted everything to be theirs even if that did mean killing a lot of people.

Also the fact that they have been put in the grave in a pile shows that they is no respect for them as they have just been thrown in there, not even placed side by side. This reminded me alot of the image of the buffalo heads in a pile as it showed that no one really cared about them.

Although they are all stood around the grave, this could show that even though they have done what they believe is right for their country they still showing some respect for the dead even though very few are looking at the grave.