Wounded Knee Massacre Essay

One of the most regretful and saddest battles in american and indian history is the Wounded knee massacre, Wounded Knee was the last battle that killed the last indian tribe. On the morning of December 29,1890, on wounded knee creek near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S Army opened fire on the encampment of a band of miniconjou and sioux indians. The beginning of this battle started when the american military forced the indians to live like and live with white men, the Sioux tribe took this as an insult, saying that you take our land and we live like white men as well, No we are Miniconjou this is our land we will not bow down to the white man's god. The tribes rejected the treaty to live like the white man and the whole …show more content…
After wounded knee indians who weren’t in american but came back to america but blood still was spilt, it wasn’t till many years later the tension in pine ridge finale stopped. The anger of Wounded Knee didn’t stop there in 1973 decades after wounded knee became a focal point of indian resistance. In late February 1973, more than 200 indian activist and militants, armed with hunting rifles and shotguns, took over a tiny village near the massacre site. They were joined by several leaders of the american Indian movement, an organization known for confrontation and intense distrust of the federal government. AIM took as its rally call,” Remember Wounded Knee.” The government responded with a show of force. U.S marshals and FBI agents, armed with military grade weaponry included armored personnel carriers, surrounded the tiny hamlet. The two sides engaged in sporadic gunfights, killing two protesters and paralyzing a federal marshal. Many feared that the government would launch a full scale attack against the men, women, and children who occupied wounded knee. But national and International opinion helped prevent such a move. After 71 days, the two sides negotiated an end to the