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I'm Eric Rivenis and welcome to another episode of Most Notorious, where we examine

the who's who and who's not so who of history's most notorious crooks, thieves, con artists,

and killers. December 29th, 2015, was the 125th anniversary of one of the most horrific tragedies

in American history, the massacre at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

I'm fortunate to have as my guest Jerome A. Green, a former research historian for 40 years

with the National Park Service and a prolific author who was written extensively on the Indian

Wars of the 19th century. Today we'll be talking about his book, American Carnage, Wounded Knee 1890.

Thank you so much for joining me today Mr. Green.

Well thank you, I appreciate it very much.

When did you first hear about Wounded Knee?

Well let me just start by saying that I've come to view Wounded Knee to follow up on your

opening statement. I've come to view it as probably, well certainly one of the worst largely

government-induced tragedies of the 19th century. And one of the most horrific affairs in all

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