3 what is the legacy of the battle of little bighorn

3. What is the legacy of the Battle of Little Bighorn? Although it was a victory for the
Indians, this battle began a prepared and focused oppression and attack on the
Natives, which led to their genocide and the move of the remaining Indians to the
reserves.
Battle of Wounded Knee
Date and location: December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Reservation, South Dakota
Identify the role of the following tribe and key figures in the battle:
Sioux Sitting Bull Wovoka
Tribe that gathered for
the Ghost Dance, spiritual
movement. Was then
defeated. With their
confinement to the
reservation, the Sioux
tribe were suffering from
disease in their cattle and
tribe, malnutrition, and
debilitating restrictions.
On December 15, 1890,
reservation police tried to
arrest Sitting Bull, the
famous Sioux chief, who
they mistakenly believed
was a Ghost Dancer, and
killed him in the process,
increasing the tensions at
Pine Ridge.
Wovoka was a man who
saw a vision of Gods
returning the Indians to the
old ways of life. But it only
would happen if they
fought the opposites and
and performed the ritual.
List the causes of the battle: a lot of people got the news of the Ghost Dance,
Americans included, as they were alarmed and thought that Sitting Bull
contributed to this movement, so they killed him.
Word of the ritual spread throughout the 25,000 Sioux on the Wounded Knee
reservation. The alarmed officials became worried about the Ghost Dance and
Sitting Bull's influence. The officials ended up killing him in their attempt to arrest
him. The officials were further alarmed when they heard of a rumor that the Ghost

Dancers believed they were invincible to bullets. They quickly assembled troops to
quash what they thought was a rebellion among the Ghost Dancers.
Briefly describe the outcome of the battle: easy and brutal victory for the American
troops.
Questions to Consider:
1. What was the Ghost Dance movement, and why did it alarm U.S. officials? It was
opposition, and a gathering spiritual ritual that was a part of what the Indians had to
do in order for Gods to return them what they lost to the Americans.1`
2. Why did the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army have a motivation for revenge
against the Sioux? Because before that the Indians took over at the Big Horn and
killed a whole regiment along with Lieutenant Custer.
3. What is the legacy of the Battle of Wounded Knee? Essentially, a bloody end to
the Indian War