Big Foot

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Big Foot was a Miniconjou Lakota Sioux chief best known for leading his band toward the Pine Ridge Reservation before being killed along with many of his people in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.

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Big Foot canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lakota chief
Native American leader
person
associatedWith Pine Ridge Reservation
United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment
Wounded Knee Creek
causeOfDeath Wounded Knee Massacre
conflict Wounded Knee Massacre
countryOfCitizenship United States
dateOfDeath 1890
ethnicGroup Miniconjou Lakota Sioux
linked to: Miniconjou Lakota
ethnicity Lakota
Sioux
linked to: Sioux people
ethnicRole leader of a Miniconjou Lakota band
historicalPeriod late 19th century
knownFor being killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre
leading his band toward the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1890
led a band of Miniconjou Lakota Sioux
memberOf Miniconjou Lakota
movement Ghost Dance movement
nativeLanguage Lakota
linked to: Lakota language
notableEvent journey toward Pine Ridge Reservation in December 1890
mass killing of his band at Wounded Knee
occupation chief
partOf Lakota Sioux people
linked to: Oglala Lakota
placeOfDeath South Dakota
Wounded Knee Creek
positionHeld chief of a Miniconjou Lakota band

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