jan 1, 1890 - 1890 - The Wounded Knee massacre was the killing of 200 Sioux by the US government. The Sioux had gathered as part of the ghost dance movement, a return to the religion they had prior to the European arrival, but their gathering was wrongly perceived as dangerous. Many of those killed were women and children, and as a result Wounded Knee in many ways broke the spirit of the Native resistance.
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jan 1, 1890
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~ 135 years ago