jan 1, 1890 - Massacre at Wounded Knee
Description:
- The brutal killing of roughly 150–300 Lakota Sioux—mostly women and children—by the U.S. 7th Cavalry in South Dakota, marking the final, violent end of the Plains Indian Wars- It resulted from tensions over the Ghost Dance movement
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Date:
jan 1, 1890
Now
~ 136 years ago