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title: Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre
author: Northwestern Photo Company
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18442/burial-of-the-dead-in-mass-grave-after-wounded-kne/
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updated: 2024-02-06
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# Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre

_Authored by Northwestern Photo Company_

## Image File

[![Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18442.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18442.jpg)

## Image Caption

US soldiers place frozen corpses of [Native Americans](https://www.worldhistory.org/Native_Peoples_of_North_America/) in a mass [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) after the [Wounded Knee Massacre](https://www.worldhistory.org/Wounded_Knee_Massacre/) of 29 December 1890. Photo by Trager and Kuhn, 1 January 1891, Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Company, N. P. (2024, February 06). Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18442/burial-of-the-dead-in-mass-grave-after-wounded-kne/>
### Chicago
Company, Northwestern Photo. "Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 06, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18442/burial-of-the-dead-in-mass-grave-after-wounded-kne/>.
### MLA
Company, Northwestern Photo. "Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Feb 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18442/burial-of-the-dead-in-mass-grave-after-wounded-kne/>.

## License & Copyright

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