Wounded Knee was the town the massacre of over 250 Native Americans died at for their freedom.
Sitting Bull was one of the greatest Native American leaders. He cared for his tribe and wanted nothing bad to ever happened to them. He supported them and went to the Ghost Dance rituals to show how much he supported them. But then he grew seriously ill and allowed his followers to be taken to Wounded Knee to be unarmed. He was shot in the head in the middle of the massacre as he tried to get up to help his people once more.
The Ghost Dance was a dance done by the Native Americans who were trying to restore faith into their culture. The Ghost Dance was supposed to make all whites disappear, revive their ancestors, buffaloes would come back, and the parries would once again be filled with game. America banned the Ghost Dance because they feared it was a war dance.
Hotchkiss guns were used during the massacre because of the fear that the Native Americans were getting ready for war. They used these guns like cannons, destroying everything in their path. The soldiers killed not only men but women and children also. Soldiers were shooting everything and anything that moved.
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