WOUNDED KNEE: A DAY OF INFAMY REMEMBERED.(OPINION) From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: December 28, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Tim Giago

WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. -- On crystal clear nights, when winter winds whistle through the hills and canyons around Wounded Knee Creek, the Lakota elders say it is so cold that you can hear the twigs snapping in the frigid air.

They called this time of year, "The Moon of the Popping Trees." It was on such a winter morning on Dec. 29, 1890, that the crack of a single rifle brought a day of infamy that still lives in the hearts and minds of the Lako...