Wounded Knee Massacre

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The Wounded Knee Massacre was an 1890 slaughter of hundreds of Lakota Sioux by the U.S. Army in South Dakota, marking one of the final and most tragic episodes of armed conflict between Native Americans and the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
historical event
massacre
hasAftermath awarding of Medals of Honor to U.S. soldiers
long-term trauma in Lakota communities
symbol of U.S. violence against Native Americans
hasAlternativeName Battle of Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee Battle
hasCause U.S. government suppression of Native American religious practices
attempted disarmament of Lakota by U.S. troops
tensions over Ghost Dance movement
hasContext American Indian Wars
Indian Wars
U.S. westward expansion
reservation system
hasDate 1890-12-29
hasEstimatedDeaths approximately 25 U.S. soldiers
approximately 250–300 Lakota
hasLocation Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
South Dakota
United States
Wounded Knee Creek
hasMemorial Wounded Knee Monument
hasPrecededBy Ghost Dance religious movement
killing of Sitting Bull
hasRecognition listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
hasRelatedEvent Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
linked to: Red Power movement
hasResult end of large-scale armed Native American resistance in the Plains
international condemnation
mass death of Lakota noncombatants
hasState South Dakota
hasTribeAffected Miniconjou Lakota
Oglala Lakota
linked to: Sioux people
hasVictimGroup Lakota children
Lakota men
linked to: Lakota

Lakota women
linked to: Sioux people
hasWeaponUsed Hotchkiss guns
rifles
hasYear 1890
involvesCommander James W. Forsyth
involvesLeader Big Foot
Spotted Elk
involvesParticipant Hunkpapa Lakota
Lakota Sioux
linked to: Lakota

Miniconjou Lakota
United States Army
involvesUnit 7th Cavalry Regiment
isDescribedAs one of the final major armed conflicts between Native Americans and the United States
one of the most tragic events in Native American–U.S. relations

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Native Americans historicalEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Sioux people historicalEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
United States Cavalry notableEngagement Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre hasAlternativeName Battle of Wounded Knee
linked to: Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre hasAlternativeName Wounded Knee Battle
linked to: Wounded Knee Massacre
7th Cavalry Regiment conflict Wounded Knee Massacre
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation significantEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Stanley Nelson Jr. notableWork Wounded Knee
linked to: Wounded Knee Massacre
Lakota involvedIn Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Creek hasHistoricalEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Spotted Elk notableEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Spotted Elk eventContextOfDeath Wounded Knee Massacre
Spotted Elk detainedBy United States Army at Wounded Knee Creek
linked to: Wounded Knee Massacre
Big Foot causeOfDeath Wounded Knee Massacre
Big Foot conflict Wounded Knee Massacre
Hotchkiss gun usedInConflict Wounded Knee Massacre
subject linked to: Hotchkiss guns
killing of Sitting Bull hasRelation Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Monument associatedWithEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Miniconjou Lakota notableEvent Wounded Knee Massacre
Miniconjou Lakota victimOf Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) differentFrom Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
linked to: Wounded Knee Massacre