Battle of Wounded Knee
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Ghost Dance
A ritual the Sioux performed to bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land. A religious dance of native Americans looking for communication with the dead; Began in Nevada
Wounded Knee
In 1890, after killing Sitting Bull, the 7th Cavalry rounded up Sioux at this place in South Dakota and 300 Natives were murdered and only a baby survived.
Massacre
The act of killing a large number of people in a cruel way.
Sioux Tribe
Tribe that tried to resist American westward expansion. Known for winning battle of Little Bighorn and but losing over 200 in the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
