Native American Photography

Photo of Mass Grave at Wounded Knee

1891, Photographer Unknown

At the Battle of Wounded Knee many Native Americans were brutally slaughtered by US forces. This photo depicts the horror of the event. This photo of the Massacre showed the American population the brutality and the cleanup of the Battle of Wounded Knee. 

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1898, photograph by Gertrude Kasebier, Native American Photography
important photographer of Native Americans