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Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.
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Sioux Wars
Conflicts between the United States and indigenous Sioux tribes from 1854 to 1891
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 when a fight broke out at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, when Sioux warriors killed 31…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Army
Land service branch of the U.S. military
The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the United States secretary…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lakota people
Indigenous people of the Great Plains
The Lakota are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux, they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people, with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota. Their current lands are in North and South Dakota. They speak Lakȟótiyapi — the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wounded Knee Massacre
1890 South Dakota massacre of Lakota
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, involved nearly three hundred Lakota people killed by soldiers of the United States Army. More than 250 people of the Lakota were killed and 51 wounded. Some estimates placed the number of dead as high as 300.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ghost Dance War
Armed conflict between Sioux people, Dakota settlers and the US Army (1890–1891)
The Ghost Dance War was the military reaction of the United States government against the spread of the Ghost Dance movement on Lakota Sioux reservations in 1890 and 1891. The United States Army designation for this conflict was Pine Ridge Campaign. White settlers called it the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)