If there was a less chaotic atmosphere and the soldiers didn’t seem as on edge and scared by the Indians, the situation would’ve been much less hostile and more peaceful. If the soldiers paused a second to listen to the fact that the man who wasn’t complying was a deaf-mute, the first shots could’ve been easily avoided. The soldiers also had no reason to shoot down and kill innocent people who were just fleeing to a safe place because they didn’t want to fight. This tragedy was avoidable if there was more understanding and …show more content…
The massacre done to the Sioux at Wounded Knee was unwarranted and a terrible tragedy that the US soldiers are to blame for because they lacked communication and patience. The things done over this time period resembled that of a genocide, the US government targeted the Native American people, which ended in mass murders of their people, much like the massacre in this film. Nobody involved in highly in the government in this movie cared about the Indians, including Henry Dawes who became selfish over time. The things that the US government put this group of people through was an act of injustice and lack of