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.
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
Sioux
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The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota pe
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man, c. 1831 – December 15, 1890.
Chief Black Tail Deer and his family at the 1904 World's Fair
Thiyóšpaye at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, c. 1890
Ledger artwork by Lakota artist Black Hawk representing a heyókȟa, (dreamer of a Wakíŋyaŋ, thunder being), c.1880