Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Change
The Wounded Knee Massacre, which occurred on December 29, 1890, was a tragic event where U.S. troops killed hundreds of Lakota Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. This massacre symbolizes the violent repression faced by Indigenous Peoples during the U.S. government's efforts to assimilate and control them, particularly reflecting the broader patterns of dispossession and forced relocation experienced by Native communities in the North American West.
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