Student made Picture found on Google.com

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

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

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

 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.

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

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

 He was Medicine Man and chief of the Sioux Indians  Sitting Bull was arrested and then killed on September 15, Picture of Sitting Bull used from 890s/ woundedknee

 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: com/ wounded.htm com/ wounded.htm

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/

"Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee." US and THEM n.d.: Halliburton, Warren J. The tragedy of Little Bighorn. New York: Franklin Watts, The Battle of the Little Bighorn, EyeWitness. 5 Oct "Wounded Knee." Encyclopedia Americana. 29th ed. Pg Wounded Knee Oct Ghost Dance. 2 Oct

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