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Summary Of In The Shadow Of The Wounded Knee Tribe
In The Shadow Of The Wounded Knee by Alexandra Fuller is an article which talks about the Wounded Knee tribe, and what historical events against them have led the people left from the tribe, to today. This paper was mostly an interview with Alex White Plume, a 60 year old man who lives near wounded knee creek. Talking about what he lives by, and what he and his tribe have had to overcome.
In the beginning, the article Talks about Alex White Plume, and his “low THC” hemp farm. This was important to him because of the law that was put against the growth of it. This was a way to represent his separation from america. In late august 2000, when the crop that the white plume had planted was almost to harvesting season, agents from the drug enforcement

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