In this legal document of the court cases, the reader can see that following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the natives were put under trial for unjustifiable indictments. This document shows the political affect that Wounded Knee had, as it caused an even more tense relationship between America and the Native Americans. Thus the Americans saw it only right that the Natives were killed or sent to prisons for life, as they no longer deserved "freedom" on the land the government granted them.