The Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Date of Wounded Knee Massacre
Date of Wounded Knee Massacre
29 December 1890
Location of Wounded Knee Massacre
Location of Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
Conditions on reservations by 1890
Conditions on reservations by 1890
Reduced food rations, crop failures, drought
Ghost Dance movement
Ghost Dance movement
Spiritual movement promising renewal & return of ancestors
Ghost Dance promises
Ghost Dance promises
Ancestors return, buffalo return, flood removes settlers
White authorities' view of Ghost Dance
White authorities' view of Ghost Dance
Viewed with suspicion and alarm
Who was Sitting Bull
Who was Sitting Bull
Sioux chief, Ghost Dance supporter
How Sitting Bull died
How Sitting Bull died
Killed during attempted arrest by reservation police
Who was Big Foot
Who was Big Foot
Sioux leader practising Ghost Dance
What triggered the Wounded Knee violence
What triggered the Wounded Knee violence
Accidental gun discharge
Indigenous casualties at Wounded Knee
Indigenous casualties at Wounded Knee
Around 250 men, women & children
US soldier casualties at Wounded Knee
US soldier casualties at Wounded Knee
25 soldiers died
Impact: armed resistance after Wounded Knee
Impact: armed resistance after Wounded Knee
Ended last major armed conflict between Sioux & US Army
Impact: Ghost Dance after Wounded Knee
Impact: Ghost Dance after Wounded Knee
Ghost Dance movement effectively ended
Impact: 'Indian Frontier' after Wounded Knee
Impact: 'Indian Frontier' after Wounded Knee
Ended - US govt claimed complete control of all territory