I am always troubled with the tendency of citizens of the U.S.A to conveniently forget the atrocities in our own country's history.We are so fond of touting that we are the greatest country in the world, that we fail to remember those things that were shameful. I am ofttimes attacked when I bring these things up as somehow being unpatriotic. The facts are that it is more patriotic to bring up these chapters. As great as my homeland is, its true greatness lies in being able to pick open these wounds and examine where we went wrong. The treatment of the aboriginal peoples of this great land is one such chapter. And no atrocity stands more stark against the sky than Wounded Knee. Thanks for starting this thread.

Mick