Wounded+Knee

=Wounded Knee= toc Wounded Knee was a massacre in South Dakota on December 29, 1890. There were many different tribes involved, but the massacre was mainly between the Sioux indians and the enforce of U.S. troops (whites). All of the tribes lived everywhere in the Great Plains. Many men, women, and children died at the battle, and also there were many wounded. Although, the battle ended one good thing, indian resistance to white demands.

The Battle
Wounded Knee was a massacre in South Dakota on December 29, 1890. It was named after the Sioux Chief Big Foot and some 350 followers who camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek. It was the last battle in American Indian wars that took place 113 years ago today, in 1890. The battle was against all of the Plains indians and the force of the U.S. troops. The massacre had many people dead by the end of it, on many of the graves, their names were not on them because no one knew their name.

First Day
Wounded Knee was a massacre in South Dakota on December 29,1890. It was between the Sioux (Sioux chief Sitting Bull) indians, also all of the Plains Indians, and the force of U.S. troops. The massacre killed 90 men and 200 women and children. One of the good thing about the battle, was that it ended armed indian resistance to white demands. The battle also killed Sitting Bull, the Sioux chief also. It was very sad to those who lost people they loved. The sad thing about Wounded Knee was that, there were only 150 people out of all of the people who died, only 150 of them had their names of the graves. It was like that because no one knew their names and i was very sad. For the indians who were just wounded, an indian medicine man named Yellow Bird would help them, like he helped Big Foot (another great leader of the Sioux) who was dying of Pneumonia.

Indians Involved
There were many native indian tribes at the battle of Wounded Knee. The main tribe that is fighting in the massacre is the Sioux, they lived in the Great Plains, a region of North America. The Great Plains indians were the Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfeet, Comanche, Pawnee, and many more. A Sioux chief was Sitting Bull, also known as the head of the tribe. He was killed at the massacre. They were fighting against the U.S. troops, and ended indian resistance. The indians use wild horses to ride on, kill buffalo, deer, and mostly large herds of wild animals. At the massacre, some indians believed in the Ghost dance, a new religion that was being taught at all of the Sioux reservations. They also called it Big Foots band (a Sioux leader, one of Sitting Bulls "mates"), which consisted mostly of women who had lost their husbands and/or other male relatives in battles, they would dance until they collapsed, hoping to guarantee the return of their relatives and/or husbands from the dead. On January 15, 1891, the last remaining Ghost Dancers surrender to General Miles.

Whites Involved
There were many people involved in the Massacre, but other than indians, there were also whites. The U.S. troops were involved against the indians in the massacre. The U.S. killed many indians in the massacre/battle, in all everyone had many people dead, but the indians had more people dead than the U.S. The U.S. Arms sent 5,000 troops under General Nelson A. Miles, to fight in the massacre, and also in the late 1890s to put down the Ghost Dancers. On January 15, the last remaining Ghost Dancers surrendered to General Miles.

Ending Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee was a massacre in South Dakota on December 29, 1890. By the end of the massacre, it had many people wounded and others killed. The massacre killed 90 men, 200 women and children, and had over 150 people wounded. It was very sad for the people who were dead, because they did not have their names written on their graves, because there were so many people in the battle, no one could identify who they all were. One of the tribes involved was the Sioux, who lived on the Great Plains. There were many indians living in the Great Plains in North America. The Plains indians lived off all the cattle, (buffalo) that lived there, also even rode some of them. The war ended indian resistance to white demands.