killing of Sitting Bull

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The killing of Sitting Bull was the 1890 assassination of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader by Indian Agency police on the Standing Rock Reservation, an event that heightened tensions leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
killing ⓘ
hasAuthorityOrderingArrest U.S. Indian agent at Standing Rock ⓘ
hasBroaderConflict conflicts between the U.S. government and Plains Indians ⓘ
hasCause U.S. authorities’ fear of Sitting Bull’s influence in the Ghost Dance movement ⓘ
hasClassification political assassination ⓘ
hasConsequence events leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
heightened tensions on the Standing Rock Reservation ⓘ
increased tensions between Lakota and U.S. authorities ⓘ
hasContext Ghost Dance movement ⓘ
U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th century ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
hasDate 1890-12-15 ⓘ
hasEthnicContext Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Oglala Lakota
hasHistoricalPeriod American Indian Wars era ⓘ
hasImmediateOutcome death of Sitting Bull at his cabin ⓘ
hasLegalStatus extrajudicial killing ⓘ
hasLocation Grand River area ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Standing Rock Indian Reservation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasMemorialization subject of historical studies on U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
hasMethod shooting ⓘ
hasNotableFigureInvolved James McLaughlin ⓘ
Sitting Bull ⓘ
hasOpposingSide Lakota people ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

United States government ⓘ
hasPerpetrator Indian Agency police ⓘ
Standing Rock Indian police ⓘ
hasReasonForArrest alleged involvement in or support for the Ghost Dance ⓘ
hasRelation Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
hasRelationType precursor event to the Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
hasTarget Hunkpapa Lakota leader ⓘ
hasTribalAffiliationOfVictim Hunkpapa Lakota ⓘ
hasTriggerEvent U.S. decision to arrest Sitting Bull during Ghost Dance unrest ⓘ
hasTypeOfForceUsed armed arrest attempt ⓘ
hasVictim Sitting Bull ⓘ
hasYear 1890 ⓘ

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Wounded Knee Massacre → hasPrecededBy → killing of Sitting Bull ⓘ