Battle of Wounded Knee

The Battle of Wounded Knee happened December 29, 1890

In 1973 the Oglala Sioux decided to take back their lands, specifically, Wounded Knee, South Dakota. They were joined by representatives of over seventy-five tribes each wanting to show the world that the atrocities against the Native American were still happening. Prior to the siege it was a time of dispair for the Sioux, particularly of the Pine Ridge Reservation where traditional Indians were being harassed, murdered and beaten by government supporters.

The siege lasted 71 days during which government representatives tried to starve them out, cut off their electricity and kill them, but the Indians never gave up. Unfortunately, the events following this siege were horrific. There were over 1200 arrests. approximately 64 unsolved murders, hundreds beaten and harassed.

The Indian wanted the FBI to investigate the over 370 treaties made with the American Indian and why not a single one was ever kept. Nothing came of it.

Philip Wells, a soldier present at the Wounded Knee Massacre in December 1890, witnessed the tragic events unfold as U.S. troops confronted a group of Lakota Sioux. He observed the chaotic and devastating aftermath of the confrontation, where hundreds of Native Americans, including women and children, were killed. Wells's account reflects the confusion and violence of that day, highlighting the tragic impact of U.S. policies towards Native Americans during that period. The massacre remains a significant and somber chapter in American history.

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After sitting bull was arrested by the Americans because of the ghost dance, one of the body guards opened fire which caused the military to shoot back and kill sitting bull. The 7th cavalry also rounded up about 350 Sioux men and told them to hand over all their weapons. One of the men refused and opened fire, leading to 300 NA dead. The soldiers then left the corpses to freeze on the ground. This battle ended all bitter wars between the Indians and Americans.

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The battle takes its name from the nearby creek, called chankpé opi wakpála in the Lakota language ("wounded knee creek"). The creek was known by that name long before the battle of 1890.

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The wounded knee massacre is considered the ending of the "free Indian" in 1890.

American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux.

My ancestors were butchered near the creek called Wounded Knee, "Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála" in Lakota. My Great Great Grandfather, Black Wolf and my Great Great Grandmother Red Elk were amongst the dead. Red Elk was the 1st wife of my Great Great Grandfather, Standing Bear "Mato Nijan". Standing Bear was touring Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show when the news came. He returned to South Dakota to find many relatives and friends were gone. I've visited the site, there was a small white church on a hill near the mass grave. There's a sense of quiet sadness, the spirits whispering in the waving prairie grass. I've been to the site of Custer's Last Stand too. It also has a feeling of grief but not as powerful or sad as Wounded Knee.

In a photo, Chief Big Foot is frozen in time, laying partially covered with snow, he was suffering from pneumonia. The bodies of my Ancestors laid in the snow during a 3 day blizzard. They were frozen solid & thrown into the mass grave like animals, with the Army standing around. Natives treat death with dignity. We honor the person for who they were and believe the spirit has left this realm to "The Happy Hunting Grounds".

This Massacre marked the end of the Indian Wars.

I found these notes:

On the morning of December 29, 1890, the army demanded the surrender of all Sioux weapons. Amid the tension, a shot rang out, possibly from a deaf brave who misunderstood his chief's orders to surrender.

The Seventh Cavalry - the reconstructed regiment lost by George Armstrong Custer - opened fire on the Sioux. The local chief, Big Foot, was shot in cold blood as he recuperated from pneumonia in his tent. Others were cut down as they tried to run away. When the smoke cleared almost all of the 300 men, women, and children were dead. Some died instantly, others froze to death in the snow.

This massacre marked the last showdown between Native Americans and the United States Army. It was nearly 400 years after Christopher Columbus first contacted the first Americans. The 1890 United States census declared the frontier officially closed.

Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to many of the cavalrymen who fought (there was no fight) at Wounded Knee. Despite the current view that the battle was a massacre of innocents, the Medals still stand. Some native American and other groups and individuals continue to lobby Congress to rescind these "Medals of dis-Honor".

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December 29, 1890

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee begins after the Sioux victory over George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn. The perspectives of three main characters are intertwined throughout the book. Charles Eastman, a young Sioux doctor, educated at Dartmouth is shown as proof of the success of assimilation. Lakota Chief, Sitting Bull, refused to submit to the governmental policies. Senator Dawes was one of the people who set the policy on Indian affairs. Wounded Knee occurred on December 29, 1890.

The Battle of Wounded Knee was the last significant engagement between American Indians and the US military. It was very one-sided and resulted in the deaths of over 300 Indian men, women, and children.

The Massacre at Wounded Knee began when the Seventh Cavalry rounded up a group of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. An attempted disarming led to fighting and confusion. About 40 white men and 200 Sioux were killed.

The Wounded Knee Massacre signaled the end of all resistance from the Sioux Nations and on the Great Plains. It was a symbol of the destruction of Native American life.

The Sioux Indians were tired of living on new reservations created by the US government. They wanted to return to their old way of life where they had freedom, plenty of game to hunt, and were not being constantly watched, as they were in 1890, by US troops. When the Sioux, led by Chief Big Foot, began doing a Ghost Dance to bring their old lifestyles back, the US troops found it threatening, so they began a defensive massacre which ended with 300 Sioux deaths and 25 troop deaths.

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C. The soldiers feared the Ghost Dancers were preparing for war.

The Battle of Wounded Knee occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. It was a tragic confrontation between U.S. Army troops and Lakota Sioux, resulting from tensions over the U.S. government's suppression of Native American culture and the Ghost Dance movement. The conflict escalated when soldiers attempted to disarm the Lakota, leading to a chaotic exchange of gunfire that ultimately resulted in the deaths of around 300 Lakota men, women, and children, as well as 25 soldiers. This event is often regarded as a symbol of the U.S. government's brutal policies toward Native Americans and marked the end of the Indian Wars.