New Observations: Wounded Knee: Healing the Heartbeat of America New Observations is an independent, non-profit contemporary arts and culture journal that is written edited and published by the arts community in an expanded process, as a work of collaborative art. This double issue is dedicated to Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890-91 and its surviving people and nation. CONTENTS Ghost Dance, song by Robbie Robertson 8 You Don’t Stand a Chance Against My Prayers – Mia Feroleto The Last of Sitting Bull – Madeline McCullough The Ghost Dance War and Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890-91 – Elaine Goodale Eastman Our Wounded Knee – Peter Champoux In Memory of Chief Big Foot Massacre – David W. Grua The American Holocausto – Dr Alessandro Martire Wounded Knee is a Crime Scene – Laurent Olivier Medic in the Green Time – Owen Luck The 1990 Annual Big Foot Memorial Ride – Photos by Keri Pickett Interview with Alex White Plume – Mia Feroleto Resolution of Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council Position Submitted to Congressional Hearings Press Release on the January 2011 Treaty Gathering Summary of World Court Action Interview with Wendell Yellow Bull – Mia Feroleto Welcome to Barre, Massachusetts – Mia Feroleto Moccasins on the Ground – Photos by John Willis This is a Call to Action Loud and Clear – Mia Feroleto Letter to Barre Museum Association – Mia Feroleto Chief Henry Red Cloud letter Kevin Killer letter Return: Museums and Native Belongings – Aaron F. Miller How I Found Myself in Barre – John Willis Land and Darien Young Man Afraid of Horses Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1881 The Heartbreak of Wounded Knee – Book review by Annie Wenger-Nabigon Contributors’ bios