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Indian Rebellions & Battles On December 29, 1890, an incident occurred in So

On December 29, 1890, an incident occurred in South Dakota which is now known as the Battle at Wounded Knee. At that time, the United States government was using its army to control the Sioux population in the area. The white settlers and soldiers in the area were afraid of a possible Indian insurrection. The white authorities were particularly concerned about the Sioux Chief Big Foot. Big Foot had arrived in South Dakota with a band of followers for the purpose of attending a meeting with other Sioux leaders. On December 28, Big Foot and his band were captured by the 7th Cavalry and brought to a campsite at Wounded Knee for detention. The following morning, while the soldiers were disarming the warriors of the band, a fight broke out. This fight turned into a massacre when the soldiers started firing into the crowd. As the Indian women and children tried to flee the scene, the U.S. soldiers tracked them down and mercilessly killed them. At the end of this "battle," nearly three hundred Sioux Indians had been killed, the majority of them being innocent women and children. Of the sixty soldiers who died, it is assumed that most were killed by the indiscriminate shooting of their own men. The Battle at Wounded Knee was the last great effort of resistance on the part of the Sioux Indians. After that time, the Indian tribes around the country settled into their reservations and gave up their hope of ever winning their lands back from the white settlers. As such, the Battle at Wounded Knee marked the end of an era.

In the late nineteenth century, gold discoveries and other opportunities brought an increasing number of white settlers to the Western United States. When these settlers started taking over the traditional hunting grounds of the plains Indians, many of the Indian tribes rose up in rebellion. The strongest movement of Indian resistance took place among the Sioux in the territory of South Dakota. The Sioux were...

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