1. The Wounded Knee Massacre took place on December 29‚ 1890‚ but the tensions that led to this eruption in conflict had long been developing. For years the United States government had been seizing land that belonged to Native Americans through “trickery… deportation… and murder”‚ including that of the Lakota Sioux‚ who were the victims of the massacre. Not only that‚ “Americans had shown ‘democratic energy and enterprise’ in ‘driving back the Indians‚ or annihilating them as a race’”‚ demonstrating
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The Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) followers of the Sioux tribe identified their beliefs had been shattered‚ felt like the Ghost dance was their only hope‚ everybody who thought the Ghost dance ceremonies beliefs; authority wanted would be returned and the white people
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Wounded Knee was a massacre that killed many Sioux Indians. This occurred on December 29‚ 1890. All happened when soldiers wanted to arrest the Sioux Indians. The main reason was for the soldiers to arrest the chief. As they tried to arrest him there began a intense fight against the Indians and soldiers. This went on for many months‚ during theses months much happened Such as many deaths‚ ghost dances and what happened at the end. On December 29‚1890 many soldiers rallied the Sioux
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The natives lay on the cold‚ damp earth‚ taking in their final breaths‚ before their hearts ceased beating‚ and came their demise. The Wounded Knee Massacre was one of the biggest and most violent confrontations between the Native Americans and the American people and government. It claimed as many as 300 or more of the 350 Indian lives in Wounded Knee Creek‚ South Dakota‚ and half of those killed were women and children. It was the final major clash between the Native Americans and the U.S. military
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Sand creek massacre- Date November 29‚ 1864 Location Colorado Territory Present-day Kiowa County‚ Colorado Result United States Army massacres Native Americans. Belligerents United States Cheyenne Arapaho Commanders and leaders United States John M. Chivington Black Kettle Strength 700 [1] 60–200 Casualties and losses 24 killed‚ 52 wounded[2] 70–163 killed[2] *the aftermath-The Sand Creek Massacre resulted in a heavy loss of life‚ mostly among Cheyenne and Arapaho women and
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destruction‚ imposing measures intended to prevent birth‚ and forcibly transferring children of a particular group. Based off these criteria of genocide I believe the acts upon the Lakota Sioux Indians highlighting the instance of the Battle of Wounded Knee and Indian Boarding Schools are acts of genocide. The acts committed on the Sioux Indians can be deemed genocidal for a number of reasons‚ they might not have been acting on the basis to destroy the culture and the people of the Lakota Sioux
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to everyone. In 1902‚ several hundred thousand acres were cleared out for white settlers. In 1907‚ the Indian Nations ceased to exist‚ and when Oklahoma became a state‚ all Native American territory was assimilated into the Union. The Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 is known as the event that ended the last of the Indian wars in America. As the year came to a close‚ the Seventh Cavalry brought an end to the century-long U.S. government-Indian
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New Life I believe Ivan’s assessment on the American west is fair. The settlers were eager people ready to start a new life and seek what the world has for them. While the Indians were just peaceful inhabitants fighting for their land and rights‚ learning the ways of the white man. The vast majority of their land had been taken from them and their traditional economic systems were obliterated‚ and the buffalo on which they had depended on were slaughtered by the millions. Epidemic diseases such
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The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it
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America actually is the real America? History first. When did this phenomenon start? The date that most recognise as the beginning of the Other America is the December 29th‚ 1890. That day at least 150 Lakota had been killed and 50 wounded in the Wounded Knee massacre. Why? The “Americans” were willing to conquer all the American land‚ but first they had to destroy Indian culture even by killing thousands of natives. First the Indians were confined into reservations that didn’t allow them to free-roam
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