Wounded Knee, Battle of

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• Wounded Knee, Battle of — (1890)    In 1890, the U.S. Army went to the Sioux reservation in South Dakota to arrest Chief Sitting Bull. The federal government feared that Sitting Bull was encouraging the Sioux to attack white settlements. As the army attempted to arrest… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Wounded Knee — Wounded Knee, Battle of the last important battle between the US army and the Native Americans, which took place at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. US soldiers killed almost 200 Sioux people, including women and children, and the battle… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Wounded Knee Massacre — Part of the Ghost Dance War, Sioux Wars Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the massacre at W …   Wikipedia

• Wounded Knee — a village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890. * * * Hamlet and creek in southwestern South Dakota, the site of two conflicts between the Sioux Indians and the U.S. government. In 1890 the… …   Universalium

• Wounded Knee — a village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890. * * * Wounded Knee [Wounded Knee] a small river in the US state of ↑South Dakota where US soldiers killed more than 200 Native American men,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Battle of Wounded Knee — major battle fought on the 29th of December 1890 in South Dakota between white American settlers and Sioux Indians (resulted in heavy losses for the Sioux Indians) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Wounded Knee — site of a battle between white American settlers and American Indians in which large numbers of Sioux Indians were killed (U.S. History) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — Infobox Book name = Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee title orig = translator = image caption = Cover to a later paperback edition: 1991 paperback edition published by Vintage. ISBN 0 8050 6669 1 author = Dee Brown illustrator = cover artist =… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of the Little Bighorn — Coordinates: 45°33′54″N 107°25′44″W / 45.565°N 107.42889°W / 45.565; 107.42889 …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Corregidor — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Corregidor caption=Victorious Japanese troops atop Hearn Battery May 6 1942. partof=World War II, Pacific Front date=May 5, 1942 ndash; May 6, 1942 place=Corregidor island in Manila Bay, Luzon Island,… …   Wikipedia