
Wounded Knee Massacre - Wikipedia
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, involved nearly three hundred Lakota people killed by soldiers of the United States Army. [5] More than 250 and up …
Wounded Knee Massacre - Encyclopedia Britannica
Oct 23, 2025 · Wounded Knee Massacre (December 29, 1890) was the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by U.S. Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee …
What Happened at the Wounded Knee Massacre? - HISTORY
May 13, 2022 · On this day in 1890, in the final chapter of America's long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
Disaster at Wounded Knee | Native American - Library of Congress
One of the last military actions against Native Americans of the northern Plains took place on December 29, 1890. Government officials banned a growing religion known as the Ghost …
WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE | Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
On December 29, 1890, on Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota, a tangle of events resulted in the deaths of more than 250, and possibly as many as 300, Native …
The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 - native-americans.org
Aug 31, 2025 · Explore the tragic 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, its causes, aftermath, and lasting impact on Native American history and U.S. government relations.
On This Day in 1890, the U.S. Army Killed Nearly 300 Lakota …
Dec 29, 2024 · Federal troops had killed between 150 and 300 people in southwestern South Dakota in an incident now known as the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
Wounded Knee Massacre - World History Encyclopedia
Feb 6, 2024 · The Wounded Knee Massacre of 29 December 1890 was the slaughter of over 250 Native Americans, mostly of the Miniconjou people of the Lakota Sioux nation, by the US …
Wounded Knee Massacre: Legacy of a U.S. Atrocity
Jun 8, 2025 · The Wounded Knee massacre remains one of the darkest and most shameful chapters in American history. On a frozen morning in December 1890, nearly 300 Native …
The real story behind the Wounded Knee massacre - WBUR
Oct 13, 2025 · On Dec. 29, 1890, hundreds of Lakota Sioux men, women and children were killed by U.S. Army troops on the Pine Ridge Reservation in what is known as the Wounded Knee …