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Student made Picture found on Google.com.  Battalions  Who were the Sioux?  Reservation  Massacre  Where is Wounded Knee?

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1 Student made Picture found on Google.com

2  Battalions  Who were the Sioux?  Reservation  Massacre  Where is Wounded Knee?

3  Indians on Reservations  Custer’s Last Stand  Big Foot  Sitting Bull  Ghost Dance

4 These special shirts were claimed to protect the Ghost Dancers from a white man’s bullet.  Wovoka Pictures gathered from Google.com

5  The ritual lasted 5 days  The Ghost Dance helped Native Americans return to the old way of life.  Ghost Dance was banned in December of 1890.

6  Chief Big Foot  Army Camp at Wounded Knee Creek  At least 150 Indians died, and 50 wounded in less than an hour.

7  Biggest Battle the Indians ever had over the whites (and last)  The Sioux also had their last stand that day. Picture taken from www.custerslaststand.org

8  He was Medicine Man and chief of the Sioux Indians  Sitting Bull was arrested and then killed on September 15, 1890. Picture of Sitting Bull used from www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1 890s/ woundedknee

9  Attempted to lead the people to a safer reservation  Lead to the battle of Wounded Knee  Sioux Chief Big Foot dies of Pneumonia on December 28, 1890 Picture found on: www.lastoftheindependents. com/ wounded.htm www.lastoftheindependents. com/ wounded.htm

10 AFTER WOUNDED KNEE  American Indian Movement (AIM)  Indians were given chance to take tasks INDIANS TODAY  Indians today still enjoy celebrating their culture  Although Indians lived hard lives before, they have discovered new ways to make money. Background found on www91.homepage.villanova.edu/ paul.rosier/

11 www.bigchalk.com "Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee." US and THEM n.d.: 59-65. Halliburton, Warren J. The tragedy of Little Bighorn. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. 9-61. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876. EyeWitness. 5 Oct. 2002. "Wounded Knee." Encyclopedia Americana. 29th ed. Pg.544 1993. Wounded Knee Oct. 2002 Ghost Dance. 2 Oct. 2002.

12 Background found from http://www.kevcarart.com/images/resume-thank-you.gif Thanks for watching our slide show! This slide show was made by Michelle, Brittany, and Luna


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