Wounded Knee Massacre

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armed conflict historical event massacre

The Wounded Knee Massacre was an 1890 slaughter of hundreds of Lakota Sioux by the U.S. Army in South Dakota, marking one of the final and most tragic episodes of armed conflict between Native Americans and the United States.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Wounded Knee Massacre canonical	18
Battle of Wounded Knee	1
United States Army at Wounded Knee Creek	1
Wounded Knee	1
Wounded Knee Battle	1
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ
hasAftermath	awarding of Medals of Honor to U.S. soldiers ⓘ long-term trauma in Lakota communities ⓘ symbol of U.S. violence against Native Americans ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ surface form: Battle of Wounded Knee Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ surface form: Wounded Knee Battle
hasCause	U.S. government suppression of Native American religious practices ⓘ attempted disarmament of Lakota by U.S. troops ⓘ tensions over Ghost Dance movement ⓘ
hasContext	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars U.S. westward expansion ⓘ reservation system ⓘ
hasDate	1890-12-29 ⓘ
hasEstimatedDeaths	approximately 25 U.S. soldiers ⓘ approximately 250–300 Lakota ⓘ
hasLocation	Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Wounded Knee Creek ⓘ
hasMemorial	Wounded Knee Monument ⓘ
hasPrecededBy	Ghost Dance religious movement ⓘ killing of Sitting Bull ⓘ
hasRecognition	listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent	Red Power movement ⓘ surface form: Wounded Knee Occupation (1973)
hasResult	end of large-scale armed Native American resistance in the Plains ⓘ international condemnation ⓘ mass death of Lakota noncombatants ⓘ
hasState	South Dakota ⓘ
hasTribeAffected	Miniconjou Lakota ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Oglala Lakota
hasVictimGroup	Lakota children ⓘ Lakota ⓘ surface form: Lakota men Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Lakota women
hasWeaponUsed	Hotchkiss guns ⓘ rifles ⓘ
hasYear	1890 ⓘ
involvesCommander	James W. Forsyth ⓘ
involvesLeader	Big Foot ⓘ Spotted Elk ⓘ
involvesParticipant	Hunkpapa Lakota ⓘ Lakota ⓘ surface form: Lakota Sioux Miniconjou Lakota ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
involvesUnit	7th Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
isDescribedAs	one of the final major armed conflicts between Native Americans and the United States ⓘ one of the most tragic events in Native American–U.S. relations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States–Native American wars → notableSubconflict → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Native Americans → historicalEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Sioux people → historicalEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

United States Cavalry → notableEngagement → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Wounded Knee Massacre → hasAlternativeName → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee Massacre → hasAlternativeName → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wounded Knee Battle

7th Cavalry Regiment → conflict → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation → significantEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Stanley Nelson Jr. → notableWork → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wounded Knee

Lakota → involvedIn → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Wounded Knee Creek → hasHistoricalEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Spotted Elk → notableEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Spotted Elk → eventContextOfDeath → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Spotted Elk → detainedBy → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army at Wounded Knee Creek

Big Foot → causeOfDeath → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Big Foot → conflict → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Hotchkiss guns → usedInConflict → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

subject surface form: Hotchkiss gun

Ghost Dance religious movement → associatedWithEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

killing of Sitting Bull → hasRelation → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Wounded Knee Monument → associatedWithEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Miniconjou Lakota → notableEvent → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Miniconjou Lakota → victimOf → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

Wounded Knee Occupation (1973) → differentFrom → Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)