Massacre at Wounded Knee
By: Abby Reichen and Baylee Smith
"... every redskin must be killed from off the face of the plains before we can be free from their molestation..."-Major John Vance Lauderdale
The Sioux Indian tribe was attacked unjustly by the Seventh Calvary United States troops which resulted in a bloody massacre. (1) The Sioux Indians were targeted by the troops because of religious and lifestyle differences. The Massacre at Wounded Knee was the scene of multiple unnecessary fatalities between US Soldiers and the innocent Native Americans. December 29, 1890 marked the beginning of a new relations between the Native Americans and the people of the United States.-AR
Native Americans and the Ghost Dance
Political Cartoon of a US troop attacking an innocent Sioux Indian-AR
US Troops vs. Sioux Native Americans
"Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy....We need protection and we need it now. The leaders should be arrested and confined at some military post until the matter is quieted, and this should be done now."
The arrest of the Sioux Indian leader sparked the start of the massacre. Bigfoot and his people were disarmed and Bigfoot was taken away with the United States soldiers. (1) The Sioux Indians believed that along with the Ghost Dance these Ghost Shirts would help protect them and give them the spiritual strength they needed from the United States soldiers. (2) Bigfoot was sick with pneumonia and was starting to age and die. The United States troops shot and killed Bigfoot the same day he was arrested, after they were talking with him. (1) This caused the outbreak of the Massacre at Wounded knee.- BS