What were the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Dawes Act and the Wounded Knee Massacre?

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Jan 28, 2018

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Explanation:

  1. Battle of Little Born Horn : Native American victory over the US army in June of 1876.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876
The victory did not result in any gains for the Native Americans. Many of the leaders died violently afterwards.

  1. Dawes Act : broke up the Land of nearly all the western tribes
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Act
    The object of the Act was assimilation.

  2. Wounded Knee Massacre : US soldiers opened fire on unarmed Ghost Dancers, killing 150 to 200 of them out of fear of an uprising.

The Ghost Dance had little to do with the Massacre other than motivate and increase tension among the US soldiers. Spotted Elk the leader was probably more concerned about the shoot out with authorities that killed Sitting Bull and some of his followers that occurred recently. He wish to move from one reservation to another with his band which included many women and children and was intercepted by a detachment of Cavalry. An effort to disarm the Natives turned bad and the soldiers opened fire with Artillery. Causalities may have been higher.