Sioux Wars
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The Sioux Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and various subgroups of the Sioux people which occurred in the later half of the 19th century. The earliest conflict came in 1854 w
The Custer Fight Charles Marion Russell, 1903
Wounded Knee Massacre
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The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was an 1890 armed conflict between Native Americans and the United States Army. It was part of the U.S. Army’s Pine Ridge Campaign.
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…of 9th Cavalry Regiment was scouting near the White River (Missouri River tributary), about 50 miles north of Indian agency at Pine Ridge, when the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred, and rode south all night to reach the reservation. In the early morning of December 30, 1890, F, I, and K Troops reached the Pine Ridge agency…
Mass grave for the Lakota dead after the massacre
A depiction of the Ghost Dance
Nelson A. Miles
Miniconjou Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk lies dead after the massacre of Wounded Knee, 1890