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Q: What Indian chief was killed before wounded knee massacre?
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What was notable about the occupation at wounded knee by AIM?

Indian protesters were killed on the site of a historical indian massacre.


Was Chief Sitting Bull in the Wounded Knee massacre?

Yes! he was killed in it. No, he was not killed in it. He was arrested by reservation agents a few weeks before the massacre. In the course of him resisting arrest, he was killed.


What tribe was killed at the massacre at wounded knee?

The Sioux.


What was the date of the wounded knee massacre?

The Wounded Knee Massacre occured on December 29.1890. About 350 unarmed men, women and children were killed and left where they fell for several days until their bodies could be removed from the deep snow. It is considered the last of the free Plains Indian.


Who won the Battle of Wounded Knee?

You mean the Massacre at Wounded Knee. There was no battle. The US army killed men, women and children.


Who won the wounded knee battle?

You mean the Massacre at Wounded Knee. There was no battle. The US Army killed men, women and children.


How many Indians died during wounded knee massacre?

150-300 were estimated to have been killed.


What was the date of the wounded knee?

The Wounded Knee Massacre occured on December 29.1890. About 350 unarmed men, women and children were killed and left where they fell for several days until their bodies could be removed from the deep snow. It is considered the last of the free Plains Indian.


What were the casualties at the massacre of wounded knee?

Nobody did an accurate count of the natives killed before they were tossed together into a burial pit, but 180 is a reasonable estimate. Witnesses later stated that "about half" of the 350 natives present were killed.25 soldiers were killed and 39 wounded, almost certainly all resulting from shots from their own side.


What massacre at wounded knee would have on relations between plains Indians and the US?

During the Indian Wars and the subsequent relocation of the nations to their respective reservations, a sense of distrust was fostered as time and again treaties were broken by the US government. In 1891, following the massacre at Wounded Knee the understanding that either the native cultures gave in and went peaceably to their reservations or they would be killed was apparent to all.


How many people were injured in Boston massacre?

A total of 5 people were killed as a result of the Boston Massacre. Some of them died from their wounds several weeks after the shooting. 6 were wounded but survived.


Site of an Indian massacre in 1890 in South Dakota?

It is known in history as the Battle of Wounded Knee or the Wouded Knee Massacre or the Chief Bigfoot Massacre and it happened at Wounded Knee Creek, 11 miles west of present day Batesland, South Dakota.