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The Battle of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee Massacre

The Battle of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sioux. Peaceful nomadic hunters Were promised the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory A gold rush in 1874 in the Black Hills of SD led to the Sioux land losing the land. U.S. Gov’t breaks treaties to take the land.

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The Battle of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee Massacre

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  1. The Battle of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee Massacre

  2. The Sioux Peaceful nomadic hunters Were promised the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory A gold rush in 1874 in the Black Hills of SD led to the Sioux land losing the land. U.S. Gov’t breaks treaties to take the land

  3. American Indians leave the reservations • Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse (Sioux leaders) did not want their people on reservations • 10,000 American Indians meet at the Little Bighorn River

  4. Custer’s Last Stand • Custer and 200 of his men go out looking for Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse • Attacked by 3,000 American Indians • Custer and all of his men are killed • Most decisive American Indian victory in the Plains Indian War

  5. The Ghost Dance • Started in 1886 by Wokovo • A new world without white men • A world with plenty of game • Dead would be resurrected • Wearing the shirt would keep them from death

  6. The Death of Sitting Bull • The Ghost Dance reached Standing Rock • Sitting Bull refused to stop it • A fight ensued and Sitting Bull along with seven Indians died

  7. TheWounded Knee Camp • The Teepees were set up in a valley next to Wounded Knee Creek • Surrounded by soldiers • Four Hotchkiss guns on a hill overlooking the camp

  8. December 29, 1890 the Indians were ordered to hand over their guns • Only two were given • The soldiers searched the camp and found 40 guns

  9. Indian gun went off • Soldiers in the camp started firing • Soldiers on the hill fired at the teepees with the Hotchkiss guns

  10. Over 300 Indians killed • Ended all Indian resistance

  11. References • http://www.hanksville.org/daniel/lakota/Ghost_Dance.html • http://littlebighorn.8k.com/main.htm • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm • http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574723/Wounded_Knee.html • http://siouxme.com/massacre.html • http://www.wmburgweb.com/DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.html • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/fed_lands_2003/south_dakota_2003.pdf • http://www.lastoftheindependents.com/wounded.htm • http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/woundedknee/WKIntro.html • http://msnbc.com/onair/msnbc/TimeandAgain/archive/wknee/ghost.asp?cp1=1 • http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/native_americans/select_list_021.html • http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/native_americans/select_list_033.html • http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/native_americans/select_list_090.html • "Indian Dances of North America" by Reginald and Gladys Laubin

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