The images you see below are of actual documents and fliers from the memorial ride in 1990, 25yrs ago.
SI TANKA WOKIKSUYE
(Remembrance of the Big Foot Band)
REBUILDING THE NATION
IN THE SEVENTH GENERATION
MENDING THE SACRED HOOPE
Spiritual interpreters, men of great knowledge and wisdom, prophesied that in this generation, the Sacred Hoop will be mended, the nation will begin a new era. Remember Wounded Knee of 1980; remember your relatives, your grandchildren, and remember that when the eighth star appears, the end is near.
Pray and sacrifice for WOLAKOTA (Peace), pray for the spirits of those who are buried at Wounded Knee and pray that there will be no more Wounded Knees perpetuated against natural peoples throughout the world.
Four times, we rode. Four years we remembered and prayed and sacrificed. We are relatives. Let’s walk together and lose no more. Let us tell the world that we lived and we will continue for the next seven generations. We will wipe the tears of our Nations
Mitakuye Oyasin
Wounded Knee
1890-1990
Wounded Knee
1890-1990
A dream Died in the Snow
100 years ago, Mniconju Lakota Chief Big Foot and his band of 400 people were massacred while under a white flag of truce at Wounded Knee Creek in the Pine Ridge Reservation. They were massacred by an avenging U.S. Army 7th Cavalry, Yellow Hair Custer’s old command. 14 years before this, the 7th Cavalry was wipe out by the combined forces of the Lakota along the banks of the Little Big Horn River.
A Journey of the Past
Beginning on December 23, 1990, In remembrance of our relatives that died in the Wounded Knee Massacre, we will make a journey on horseback and in wagons on the same trail that Chief Big Foot’s band followed in 1890. We will mark the 100 years since the passing by hosting a ceremony that will pay tribute to those that died and to bring the descendants of the survivors out of a 100 year mourning period.
The Si Tanka Wokiksuye (Big Foot Memorial Ride) is in its 5th and final year. Beginning in 1986, The Si Tanka Wokiksuye has been held each year as a remembrance of the tragedy that befell Chief Big Foot and his band in Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890, that is known historically as the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Rebuilding a Nation
The ride is spiritual undertaking by the people of Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, and other tribal peoples, so prayers may be offered for the spirits of our massacred ancestors. The journey itself is a necessary prelude to the ceremony of the wiping of the tears, which is held for mourners grieving a beloved relative of friend. The ride is also done as a prayer of strength for the coming 7 generations to love our traditional ways.
Ride map from 1990
Sitanka Wokiksuye 1990
Itinerary
Dec 14 “Making of the Vows” ceremony @ Little Eagle
15 Pipe Ceremony @ Sitting Bull’s home
Run from Ft. Yates to Sitting Bull’s homesite
Ride from S.B. homesite to Jack ward Ranch (6 mi.)
16 Jack Ward Ranch to Bill Opp Ranch (30 miles)
17 Bill Opp Ranch to Green Grass (20 miles)
18 Rest day
19 Green Grass to Lloyd Jentzen ranch (25 mi)
20 South of Lantry to Cherry Creek (15 miles)
(Lloyd Jentzen Ranch)
21 Cherry Creek to Bridger (25 miles)
22 Rest Day
Mandatory meeting for all media people ………………………………………………………… 3:00 PM
“Making of the Vows” ceremony ……………………………………………………………………. 6:00 PM
@Takini School (5.7 miles north and 6.5 mi. east of Bridger)
23 Bridger to North Bad River (30 miles)
Supper …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8:00PM
(Debbie White Plum, Pam Afraid of Hawk, and Bea Shoulder)
24 N. Fork Bad River to Bigfoot Pass (36 miles)
25 Bigfoot Pass to Redwater Creek (32 miles)
Supper ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8:00 PM
(Kyle Community)
26 Rest day at Redwater Creek
Supper ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:00 PM
(Kyle Community)
27 Redwater Creek to red Owl Springs (26 miles)
Leave ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8:00 AM
Arrive @ Kyle ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11:00 AM
Breakfast @Little Wound School
Leave Kyle …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1:00 PM
Arrive @ Red Owl Springs …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4:00 PM
Supper ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:00 PM
(Oglala Lakota Tribe)
28 Red Ow; Springs to Wounded Knee Massacre site
(24 miles)
Leave Red Owl …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8:00 AM
Arrive Severt Young Bear Place ………………………………………………………………………………….. 11:00 AM
Leave ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1:00 PM
Arrive Wounded Knee Massacre site …………………………………………………………………………… 4:00 PM
Activities until 5:00 PM
Supper at Wounded Knee District School (WKDS)
Manderson……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5:30 PM
Sitanka Mokiksuye Meeting at WKDS
29 Breakfast near WK gravesite ………………………………………………………………………. 7:00AM
(Centennial Commission)
Gravesite ceremony …………………………………………………………………………………… 9:00 AM
Wounded Knee Survivor’s Association
Sitanke Wokiksuye **
Meal near gravesite …………………………………………………………………………………… 1:30 PM
Wounded knee sub-community
“Hunka” ceremony near gravesite …………………………………………………………….. evening
Supper @ LWS in Kyle ……………………………………………………………………………….. 5:00 PM
Honoring Ceremonies at LWS in Kyle …………………………………………………………. 6:30 PM
**location may be changed to Little Wound School in Kyle if severe weather dominates
30 Little Wound School (LWS) in Kyle
Pow wow ……………………………………………………………………………………. 1:00 PM & 7: 00 PM
Supper …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5:00 PM
31 Little Wound School (LWS) in Kyle
Pow wow ……………………………………………………………………………………. 1:00 PM & 7: 00 PM
Supper …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5:00 PM
Jan 1 Breakfast for straggler’s at LWS ?
Click here for the Ride Map and Itinerary from 1990
