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Great Plains

Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee “The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.” Sitting Bull. Great Plains. U.S. Government’s desire Railroads Settlements Divide and conquer Sitting Bull’s Attempts to Refuse Treaty for Reservation. 1868-1876.

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Great Plains

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  1. Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee“The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.” Sitting Bull

  2. Great Plains • U.S. Government’s desire • Railroads • Settlements • Divide and conquer • Sitting Bull’s Attempts to Refuse Treaty for Reservation

  3. 1868-1876 Broken Treaty-Black Hills Stolen Refusal to Sell Black Hills = Attacks on Indians 9 million acres stolen from Sioux Reservation

  4. Five Long Years • Wandered • Resisted U.S. Troops • Canada-no refuge • Turned themselves in 1881 • Sitting Bull imprisoned • Returned to Reservation 1884

  5. 1887 • Government-took more land • Miserable life on reservations * diseases * nothing would grow * Couldn’t hunt * Starvation from rations * Couldn’t leave

  6. Ghost Dance • Sitting Bull’s Hope • Dance promised resurrection of old ways • Restoration of Indian life forever • Based on Indian Prophecies • Excitement rose among the Sioux • Desperate people looking for answers

  7. Fear of Ghost Dance • Whites suspicious of the dance • Christians spread disgust of dance • Newspapers ran reports-beware • Government banned the dance

  8. Sitting Bull’s Death • Sitting Bull gathered his people • Pine Ridge • arrested then shot on site • People fled under guidance of Big Foot • Walked for days-snow • Calvary intercepted-120 men & 230 women • Indians surrendered

  9. Bloody End • Held captive-Whites searched for weapons • Sioux had none-Big Foot began Ghost Dance • Last Chance for Survival • Sang about strong Sioux Hearts • Scared the Troops • Fires rang out • Men, women, children, babies-murdered • 290 Sioux died

  10. “If we must die, we die defending our rights.” Sitting Bull

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