Frank Clearwater - Cherokee Nation - Shot with an M-16 less than 24 hours after he joined the AIM at Wounded Knee
Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont - Oglala Lakota - Shot by a U.S. Marshal sniper
Lloyd Grimm - U.S.Marshal Shot early in the conflict and suffered paralysis from the waist down, later died from complications
The Native American leader killed at Wounded Knee was Sitting Bull, a prominent chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux. However, it is important to note that he was killed in a separate incident in December 1890, prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre, which occurred later that month. The Wounded Knee Massacre involved the deaths of many Lakota Sioux, primarily women and children, during a confrontation with U.S. troops. The event marked a significant and tragic point in the history of Native American relations with the United States government.
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The name "Wounded Knee" originates from the Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, where a tragic confrontation occurred between the U.S. Army and Lakota Sioux in December 1890. The name reflects the location of the massacre, during which hundreds of Lakota were killed, including many women and children. The creek was named after a nearby Lakota chief, Wounded Knee, who was known for having a wounded knee from a previous battle. The event has since become a significant symbol of the struggles between Native Americans and the U.S. government.
Chief Big Foot was killed on December 29, 1890, during the Wounded Knee Massacre. This tragic event took place in South Dakota, where U.S. troops confronted a group of Lakota Sioux. The confrontation resulted in the deaths of many Native Americans, including Chief Big Foot, marking a significant and sorrowful moment in American history.
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Sitting Bull was a Lakota Sioux chief who resisted the settling of the native land in the mid-west by the United States. He was among the last to surrender and he was killed by the Indian Agency police.
The tragedy at wounded knee occured when Sitting Bull, chief of the Lakota Sioux, was being hunted down for being the leader of the "ghost dance," the spiritual dance that was performed so that the bufallo would come back and all the white settlers would leave. Troops came to Sitting Bull's reservation, and Sitting Bull died in an exchange of gunfire. The other particapnts of the Ghost dance then escaped, but troops went after them. At Wounded Knee Creek, gunfire broke out and 200 largely unarmed Lakota and 25 US soldiers were killed.
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Tasunke Luta or Chief Red Horse of the Lakota Sioux.