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The Wounded Knee Massacre

The Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sioux. Peaceful nomadic hunters Were promised the Black Hills in the Dakotas A gold rush in 1874 Sitting Bull defeated Colonel George A. Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn. The Ghost Dance. Started in 1886 by Wokovo A new world without white men

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The Wounded Knee Massacre

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  1. The Wounded Knee Massacre

  2. The Sioux • Peaceful nomadic hunters • Were promised the Black Hills in the Dakotas • A gold rush in 1874 • Sitting Bull defeated Colonel George A. Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Big Foot gets scared • Tries to move his followers to safety in the Bad Lands • Stopped by soldiers • They were moved to Wounded Knee

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

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

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

  9. Over 300 Indians killed • 31 soldiers killed • Ended all Indian resistance

  10. 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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