History Research Paper on Battle at Wounded Knee

One event brought death to over 225 Sioux Indians on December 29, 1890. The Sioux Indians were fighting against themselves until Wovoka created the Ghost Dance Ritual, which is for the peace of the Indians. Due to the frequent use of the rituals the Americans thought of it as a sign of hostility causing the Ghost Dance Wars. The Ghost Dance Wars caused the death of Sitting Bull which did lead to the start and finish of Wounded Knee Battle. The Battle of Wounded Knee lead to the end of the war, starting violence against the Indians, but lead to the Indians rights to return. The Battle of Wounded Knee, a horrific battle, ended The Ghost Dance Wars, and brought up A.I.M which helped the Sioux tribes gain their rights.

The U.S. army wouldn’t be able to find us from this place. If the U.S. army did find us, then we were ready to fight. I went towards Crazy horse and he told me to be aware for any suspicious problems. I wasn't worried, after all we should a person watching if somebody wanted to attack us. If that Sioux member spotted a U.S. troop member, he would give us a signal. Going back to my hut, I heard the signal. I reached my gun and told everyone to find cover. I immediately went running to Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and told them that the troops were coming for us. Some people stayed to fight and some went back to their huts. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull told us when the soldiers are on an open area we would ambush them. We noticed that one group of soldiers wanted to go up a hill or high ground. We had surrounded them, but they still didn’t see us. Custer and his troops were outnumbered by about 2,000 Sioux and he only had about 264 soldiers. This was clearly our advantage to win this battle with 2,000 Sioux members. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse gave the signal to shoot them, bullets were fired rapidly. Shooting at the soldiers killing more than 200 soldiers. Sitting Bull noticed that General Custer was there to fight against us. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse wanted to kill him. General Custer and 264 men were all killed by us the Sioux. Blood and dead U.S. soldiers on the ground. The majority of us survive the shootout, but none of the U.S. soldiers survive. It was our first major win against the United States. All of the Sioux started to celebrate, we were all happy and thought that everything was going to start to be better. We ambushed surrounded them, making it our first victory. A few months later the battle was called the battle of little bighorn and some people stated that it was Custer’s Last Stand. This battle made Native Americans happy because it

In the late 1800’s the Americans viciously forced many Native Americans off their lands all because the federal government wanted the U.S. to expand and obtain Manifest Destiny. The main Native American and tribe that stood against the federal government was Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux and entire Lakota nation. He led a large amount of Sioux warriors in many battles against the American government that were fought over the rights and lands of the Lakota nation. He was against the American government and the forceful ways that they took over Indian lands, and therefore he used his strong, spiritual leadership abilities to battle against the American government as well as the U.S army. The author of the biography Sitting Bull and the

The massacre at Wounded Knee was the last action in a long and bloody war that pitted Native American Indians against U.S Military forces. For roughly 300 years the two sides had been in constant conflict across America in a battle for land, resources, and ultimately; freedom. This final massacre solidified the American hold on the west and closed the final chapter on a way of life that can never be brought back. Lakota Indians, having learned of the death of Sitting Bull started to move towards Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in hopes of finding protection from Red Cloud. However, the harsh South Dakota winter weather had different plans, causing Chief Big Foot to become extremely ill. The Lakota came across cavalry forces

Hernandez 1 The battle of the Alamo was 13 days of glory and was located at a Roman Catholic missions church in San Antonio, Texas. However, the Alamo was 13 days that will set a cry soldier’s scream before their deaths that is state in history till today. “Remember the Alamo!” defined the border of the United States on February 23, 1836( Torres 6).

On June 25, 1876 the “Battle Of Little Bighorn” took place.  The battle it self took place by Little Bighorn River in Montana.  Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse along with the Sioux, and the Cheyenne were all there at Little Bighorn not wanting to return to the reservations without a fight.  When George Armstrong Custer went down to the area he was unaware of how many Indians were actually there.  So due to that Custer underestimating

PBS, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2015. This article starts off by stating the problem for the early American settlers, which are the Native Americans, and then states how Andrew Jackson, the American President at the time, handled the Native Americans. The next couple of paragraphs talk about Jackson’s agreement treaties with the Native Americans and their movement westward. To try to avoid these movement plans, the Natives thought of non-violent rebellion strategies such as farming and creating a constitution. The next couple paragraphs explains President Jackson’s Indian Removal Act and explains the reactions of the American colonists. Many Indian tribes try to refuse to sign any treaties as long as possible, but eventually forced to by the American military; The Trail Of Tears among this forceful

After the treaty was signed to give up all their land, Sitting Bull went to be with his family. (Black, 19) Later at his home he was getting arrested by the American government. There was pushing and shoving and then Sitting Bull was shot and killed. It was December 15, 1890, he was 56 years old. (Black,

So they started calling him "Slow" for his apparent lack of skills. He was nicknamed Slow, because even as a baby he was purposely questioned every action. This all changed when he was 14 years old. He had fought honorably in a battle against a rival clan a member of a Crow hunting party. His name was changed into Tatanka-Iyotanka, a Lakota name that describes a buffalo bull sitting on its haunches. By this time he had established himself as a courageous hunter. His reputation when he was boy grew a lot when he survived a solo attack from grizzly bear. The respect he'd earned as a leader of his people led him to become chief of the Lakota nation in 1868. Under his leadership the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains. Sitting Bull believed that contact with non-Indians undermined the strength and identity of the Sioux he was against any form of change especially if it had to do with their culture. In the 1876 there was the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This was caused when Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and a confederation of tribes would defeat federal troops under George Armstrong Custer. He finally surrendered to U.S. forces with his

They did not heed the call, so the Americans attacked. The attacking battalion was easily defeated by the Natives, and no soldier remained alive. Unfortunately, when reinforcements arrived they forced the Indians to surrender. Even though the Natives were eventually subdued, the intruders suffered a major loss. “Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, leaders of the Sioux on the Great Plains, strongly resisted the mid-19th-century efforts of the U.S. government to confine their people to reservations” (“Battle of the Little Bighorn” 1).

In the 1800’s, westward expansion in the United States was becoming a rampant concept--the romanticized idea of private self-governing in a expeditiously developing country. Many people came for reasons such as living on the open plains. Others, like General George Custer of the 7th cavalry, attempted to annex the west because of rumors of gold and to settle race differences with Indians, whom he thought did not belong on their land any longer. So, following the government’s orders and breaking United States’ Treaty of Fort Laramie, on a blazing day in June 1876, General George Custer led his army of 231 down the Bighorn River to their undetected but infallible deaths. This mass slaughtering

Sitting Bull was considered a warrior, military leader and an Indian chief during the battle of Little Horns. Sitting Bull was born in 1831, in the Grand River Valley that is called South Dakota nowadays. With an age of 14 he fought for the first time against another clan and after this first battle, he was named Tatanka-lyotanka. Most parts of his life were protecting his clan against the American nation. Sitting Bull accomplished many things at a young age. He was the leader of the Strong Heart Society by the age of 25. A while after, he fought against American Cavalry for the first time, and in the year after as well. In 1868, he became chief of the Lakota nation because of his dedication. He was also a vision man. After a long spiritual

As for the US Army, they had been given orders by which they had to abide which lacked defined rules of engagement. This meant that they had to complete the mission, and their superiors did not necessarily care if the natives were pleased or harmed with the outcomes. As far as they were concerned, there was land that had not been claimed legally and they wanted it. This was a huge change for the natives from when they had met Lewis and Clark on their journey exploring the Louisiana Territory decades earlier because both parties involved were amicable and cooperative. Even later when more white settlers came west and moved into lands the Indians once occupied, they voluntarily moved onto reservations without major issues. This was accomplished fluidly because the natives, unlike the white settlers, did not consider land to be “owned” by any person or group; land was theirs to do with what they would, which was to survive and live—rivers for water, animals for food, and other natural resources to create their homes, clothes, and instruments. The Battle of Big Hole was a demonstration of violence of action, and how rules of engagement have come to be created; the natives would have easily sat down and discussed the matters encircling the massive amounts of land available to them, but the settlers were misinformed and the government had a defense complex of doing what needed to be done for their side, and not necessarily thinking about alternative options to going in to battle

In Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, the narrative takes the reader through the many atrocities and little victories of the American Indian people. As Brown states in the introduction, this book is not meant for the reader to feel cheerful but, to understand the Indian for who he was and to forget the stereotypes wrongly placed upon them. In the beginning, the Indian people welcomed the settlers with peace and taught them, like children, how to survive in a new territory but the peace would not last long. Fast forward, and the American Indian population has already dropped significantly,by the 1860s the population of the Indians had dropped by one half to two thirds since the settlers moved in. If it wasn’t

The Sioux war was fought over gold that the U.S. government found in the mountains occupied by the Sioux Indians, and it ended with the Indians being forced to live on reservations. In 1861, settlers wanted land that Indians occupied, so that led them to move them to the Sand Creek reservation. The local whites in the area ended up massacring 400 Indians that were under protective custody. Apparently even the Indians that were supposed to be protected by treaties were not safe from the wrath of the U.S. government. The Song “One Tin Soldier” by Coven describes the discovery of gold in the Black Hills and shows just how far the United States would go to gain wealth at the expense of the Indians. The Natives wanted to live in peace, but the whites wanted the treasure that was buried there. “Now the valley cried in anger, mount your horses, draw your sword. And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward.” This describes the situation that was faced when the whites found a valuable resource on Indian territory. The whites usually bought out the Indians and when they couldn’t they killed them and got what they wanted. Among the most famous of the men who massacred Indians for the benefit of the whites was General Custer. He had no problem with massacring women and children to help the government gain money. However, the whites were not always successful in pushing the Indians around. In the Battle of Little Bighorn, General