jan 1, 1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre
Description:
[1890]context: US crackdown on native american resistance
cause: fear over the Ghost Dance movement
effect: 300+ Lakota killed; end of Indian Wars
Ghost Dance Movement: a spiritual movement that made native americans believe that there land will be given back and that the buffalos will return
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1890
Now
~ 135 years ago