digital photo; 11×17”

“Wounded Knee Cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is the site of a mass grave of 300 Lakota Sioux massacred in 1890 by the US 7th Calvary. The image is only manipulated by the addition of the infamous historic photo of Chief Spotted Elk who died there.”

ARTIST BIO: Gregory Rust is a retired Xavier Director for Photography. His cultural exhibits include: “Exploring Sports Mascots” @ Freedom Center 2015, “Artifacts…Focus on Race” @ Xavier University Art Gallery 2019, “Native American Awareness” @ NKU Museum of Anthropology 2022, “Light Color Culture” @ NKU Art Gallery 2024. Table top book, “Light Color Culture” published 2020.digital photo; 11×17”