#native_stardust

Native American and indigenous people were perceived as scary or a threat, especially when they gathered or had ceremony. One great example is the ghost dance, where this eventually became a movement that spread across many nations that we’re just trying to get that way of life back to bring back the bison, the buffalo, the food, sources to stop colonization, etc. But these large gatherings of native and indigenous people were misunderstood by the non-natives. And this ultimately led to him was one of the reasons why the massacre wounded knee happened