The Wounded

program is for deployed soldiers, and in this program the organizations sends care packages and other goods to those who are deployed over seas. The next program is just for those soldiers that are wounded. In this program Soldiers’ Angels volunteers their time and helps out at medical centers that hold the wounded. The last program is for the families, and in this program they provide love and support to the family of soldiers. (Source…

The year of 1862 is upon me and I have just answered to the president's call for 300,000 men to muster in the army. I ought to think that signing up is not about the liberal bounties in the form of greenbacks, but the dignity of true patriotism. Today my focus is to round up all my possessions in order to prepare for my arrival. I arrived to camp a couple weeks ago, and I found it more agreeable than I had anticipated, with new cabins built out of cedar that smelled of woods. The countless…

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee This movie is about a boy who is taken from his tribe. His father takes him from his tribe, because he wants him to be more educated and have a more safe life. The boys name is Ohiyesa, Ohiyesa goes to school to study to become a doctor. Ohiyesa later has to pick a white man's name so they do not know he came from a tribe. He chooses the name Charles Eastman. After he studies to become a doctor he is taken back to his tribe of the Sioux reservation, to help the…

Wounded knee is located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. South Dakota is home to the Sioux tribe and many of its counterparts including the Oglala, Rosebud, and the Yankton Sioux tribes. Wounded Knee, named after a creek on the reservation, was remembered as a place of much resentment, betrayal, of “the white man’s lies and promises,” and of lost hope because of the massacre that took place there in 1890. Eighty-three years later this same site would host a more controversial…

1. The Battle of Wounded Knee resulted from the conflict over Native American assimilation. Conflict between the white views of Native American integration was evident as the rift between Christian reformers and humanitarians grew. Many Christian reformers were adamant in forceful Indian assimilation into white culture and society, whereas humanitarians wanted to take a softer approach—treating the Indians nicely and persuading them to join the white ways. The forceful group overpowered the kind…

Battle of the Wounded Knee The battle of the wounded knee occurred on December 29, 1890. When it occurred, it was near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota. Philip Wells Was a mixed-blood sioux who served as an interpreter for the army. He later recounted what he saw that Monday morning. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. Just before the…

Rg Gregory a British poet who was inspired by Hugo Simberg's painting "The Wounded Angel" wrote: “Those who bear the wounded angel are they honoured or destroyed? Far beyond their comprehension are the warfares of the void” The Wounded Angel evokes a serious and gloomy atmosphere, well no wonder, as the painter is Finish after all. Finland has a long history of wars and its people had gone through so much pain and sorrow. The sadness is palpable in the Finish spirit and it is often referred to…

Henri Nouwen’s book The Wounded Healer: Ministry In Contemporary Society provides a valuable introspective approach to providing pastoral care and serving in Christian leadership in contemporary society. Nouwen provides a great overview of the wounds and suffering that plagues modern society, the current generation, individual people, and the Christian ministers who are called to serve those in need. (Nouwen, 3) In describing the challenges of modern society, Nouwen asserts that today’s society:…

in America. African Americans faced major racial problems and the right to be free. Native Americans faced having to move from their ancestral lands. The United States army had no justification to attack Native Americans at Wounded Knee. During the time of the battle of Wounded Knee there were also other huge events and things happening such as congress taking Oklahoma from Indians and forcing them from their lands in the east. Battle of Little Bighorn which was a huge battle between Native…

advocate for women, the disabled, and the LGBT community. A Frida Kahlo's art is more than just a set of beautiful and unique paintings. There is a lot of meaning behind the strokes of color in her art. One of her most famous paintings is “The Wounded Deer ". This source from Wikipedia analyzes this painting, explaining that it is Mexican tradition to place a broken branch on a grave. This is taken as an acknowledgement of the artist's mental health. Regardless of the gashes on the…