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[00:08.24]But the land was already claimed by a people
[00:10.62]When the cowboy came and when the soldiers came
[00:15.23]The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways
[00:19.98]A story of tragedy like that day at Wounded Knee South Dakota
[00:33.90]Big Foot was an Indian chief
[00:35.72]Of the Minneconjou band
[00:38.85]A band of Minneconjou Sioux
[00:41.23]From South Dakota land
[00:42.81]Big Foot said to Custer
[00:45.68]'Stay away from Crazy Horse'
[00:48.92]But Custer crossed into Sioux land
[00:51.29]And he never came back across
[00:54.13]Then Big Foot led his people
[00:56.52]To a place called Wounded Knee
[00:59.00]And they found themselves surrounded
[01:01.59]By the 7th Cavalry
[01:06.39]Big chief Big Foot
[01:08.47]Rise up from your bed
[01:11.14]Minneconjou babies cry
[01:13.47]For their mothers lying dead
[01:16.40]Big Foot was down with a fever
[01:19.99]When he reached Wounded Knee
[01:22.93]And his people all were prisoners
[01:25.26]Of the 7th Cavalry
[01:28.10]Two hundred women and children
[01:30.40]And another hundred men
[01:33.75]Raised up a white flag of peace
[01:36.58]But peace did not begin
[01:38.81]An accidental gunshot
[01:41.29]And Big Foot was first to die
[01:43.51]And over the noise of the rifles
[01:46.55]You could hear the babies cry
[01:48.97]Big chief Big Foot
[01:53.18]It's good that you can't see
[01:55.81]Revenge is being wrought
[01:58.23]By Custer's 7th Cavalry
[02:00.86]Then smoke hung over the canyon
[02:04.90]On that cold December day
[02:07.68]All was death and dying
[02:10.46]Around where Big Foot lay
[02:13.16]Farther on up the canyon
[02:15.64]Some had tried to run and hide
[02:18.01]But death showed no favorites
[02:20.85]Women men and children died
[02:23.32]One side called it a massacre
[02:26.10]The other a victory
[02:28.59]But the white flag is still waving
[02:31.24]Today at Wounded Knee
[02:34.14]Big chief Big Foot
[02:38.11]Your Minneconjou band
[02:40.50]Is more than remembered here
[02:43.08]In South Dakota land
[02:47.02]Big chief Big Foot
[02:48.48]Your Minneconjou band
[02:51.02]Is more than remembered here
[02:53.96]In South Dakota land