Wounded Knee Massacre

When the smoke cleared and the shooting stopped, approximately 300 Sioux were dead, Big Foot among them. Twenty-five soldiers lost their lives. As the remaining…
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The December 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee (along with a fight the next day at nearby Drexel Mission) marked the last major encounter of the great Plains Indians Wars of the 1800s.  The Sioux give up any organized resistance and, for the next 83 years, would stay on their reservations.  Later treaties would strip away more lands as poverty and social conditions continued to deteriorate. Native American Indians, Indiana, Bury Fc, North American Tribes, North American Indians, Trail Of Tears, American Indians, Native North Americans
The December 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee (along with a fight the next day at nearby Drexel Mission) marked the last major encounter of the great Plains Indians Wars of the 1800s. The Sioux give up any organized resistance and, for the next 83 years, would stay on their reservations. Later treaties would strip away more lands as poverty and social conditions continued to deteriorate.
The last official battle in the Indians wars, Wounded Knee Creek was a convenient place for the Seventh Cavalry to disarm Big Foot's band during the Lakota Ghost Dance "uprising" in 1890. But then a shot rang out, and some 300 Lakota were gunned down. Eighteen members of the Seventh Cavalry, avenged for its loss at the Little Bighorn, received the Medal of Honor. Native Americans, American Heritage, Indian Nation, Military History, First Nations, American, Indians
The last official battle in the Indians wars, Wounded Knee Creek was a convenient place for the Seventh Cavalry to disarm Big Foot's band during the Lakota Ghost Dance "uprising" in 1890. But then a shot rang out, and some 300 Lakota were gunned down. Eighteen members of the Seventh Cavalry, avenged for its loss at the Little Bighorn, received the Medal of Honor.
"Return of Casey's scouts from the fight at Wounded Knee, 1890-91." Soldiers on horseback plod through the snow. Military, Vintage, Cowgirls, American West, American Frontier, Old West, American Western
"Return of Casey's scouts from the fight at Wounded Knee, 1890-91." Soldiers on horseback plod through the snow.
Wounded Knee, 1890 Photograph - Wounded Knee, 1890 Fine Art Print - Granger.  WOUNDED KNEE, 1890. The Sioux Native American massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, by soldiers of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry Regiment on 29 December 1890. 'Where the Heroic Seventh Cavalry Lost 66 Killed and Wounded and the Indians Lost Over 200.' Wood engraving, American, 1890s. Art, Heroic, American Heroes, Fine Art, Native American Photography, Native American, Historical Photos, Original Artwork, Fine Art Prints
Wounded Knee, 1890 Photograph - Wounded Knee, 1890 Fine Art Print - Granger. WOUNDED KNEE, 1890. The Sioux Native American massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, by soldiers of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry Regiment on 29 December 1890. 'Where the Heroic Seventh Cavalry Lost 66 Killed and Wounded and the Indians Lost Over 200.' Wood engraving, American, 1890s.
The slaughter of men, women and children.  Children hiding from soldiers were told they would not be harmed if they showed themselves, but were systematically gun down once out of hiding. Illustrators, History, Final Fantasy, Gustave Dore, Art Reproductions, Photographic Prints, Art Database
The slaughter of men, women and children. Children hiding from soldiers were told they would not be harmed if they showed themselves, but were systematically gun down once out of hiding.
Burial Party Wounded Knee. Cadiz, Isla, Antigua, Historia, Onda, Blanco Y Negro, Negro, Fotos
Burial Party Wounded Knee.
The battle site from map made shortly after the conflict. Reading, Armed Conflict, Troops, Standing Rock, American Crow
The battle site from map made shortly after the conflict.
Artist Frederdick Remington recreated  the opening moments of the massacre  based on soldiers' recollections. Lakota, American Artists, Battle Of Little Bighorn, Oxen, Indigenous Americans, Frederic Remington
Artist Frederdick Remington recreated the opening moments of the massacre based on soldiers' recollections.
Wovoka - Paiute Holy Man People, Native Indian, Native American Men
Wovoka - Paiute Holy Man
"Hitler's concept of concentration camps as well as the practicality of genocide owed much, so he claimed, to his studies of English and United States history. He admired the camps for Boer prisoners in South Africa and for the Indians in the wild west; and often praised to his inner circle the efficiency of America's extermination - by starvation and uneven combat - of the red savages who could not be tamed by captivity." P. 202, "Adolph Hitler" by John Toland.
"Hitler's concept of concentration camps as well as the practicality of genocide owed much, so he claimed, to his studies of English and United States history. He admired the camps for Boer prisoners in South Africa and for the Indians in the wild west; and often praised to his inner circle the efficiency of America's extermination - by starvation and uneven combat - of the red savages who could not be tamed by captivity." P. 202, "Adolph Hitler" by John Toland.
Wounded Knee Massacre site - 1890 Outdoor, Native American Tribes
Wounded Knee Massacre site - 1890
View of the snow covered ravine where many Native American Sioux sought shelter during the fight at Wounded Knee Creek; shows frozen bodies where soldiers fired and killed from both sides of the ravine, a few men with horses, and a broken wagon. Dance, Around The World Trips, Music Artists, Robertson, Robbie Robertson, Around The Worlds, Man On Horse, Robbie
View of the snow covered ravine where many Native American Sioux sought shelter during the fight at Wounded Knee Creek; shows frozen bodies where soldiers fired and killed from both sides of the ravine, a few men with horses, and a broken wagon.
View to the southeast from hill where Native American Lakota Sioux were buried after the Wounded Knee battle on December 29, South Dakota. Includes tepee poles marking location of Sioux camp, men loading frozen bodies into wagons, center, where the council circle was asked to surrender their arms; the army camp was located to the far left, and a photographer with his tripod camera shows in foreground. American Indigenous Peoples, Cavalry, Wikipedia
View to the southeast from hill where Native American Lakota Sioux were buried after the Wounded Knee battle on December 29, South Dakota. Includes tepee poles marking location of Sioux camp, men loading frozen bodies into wagons, center, where the council circle was asked to surrender their arms; the army camp was located to the far left, and a photographer with his tripod camera shows in foreground.