Wounded Knee Massacre

What was the wounded knee massacre 

•  An 1890 massacre that left 150 native americans dead in what was the final clash between federal troops and the sioux
• The sioux started doing a dace called the ghost dance and the americans thought it was a war cry and the americans started shooting them 

When did this battle take place

• In South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

• December 29, 1890

What might have caused it

• The sioux started doing a dace called the Ghost Dance dance and the americans thought it was a war cry and the americans started shooting them

• because it was a ritual of their beliefs and thought it would make them Ghost Dance

Why might they do a dance

• because it was a ritual of their beliefs and thought it would make them go away
• because a lady called wovoka told them to 

Who might have told them to do the Ghost Dance

• a man who they called wovoka aka Jack Wilson

• the sioux troops

What date did the battle happen

• December 29, 1890

• south dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation