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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

29th December 2022
Tagged as: American West, Lakota, Native Americans, Sioux, United States, USA, Westward Expansion, Wild West, Wounded Knee

More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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25th June 1876: The Battle of Little Bighorn and Custer’s Last Stand

25th June 2021
Tagged as: America, Exploration, Native Americans, Sioux, USA, War

On the 25^th June 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn began when American Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led federal troops against the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Plains Indians.

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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

25th June 1876: The Battle of Little Bighorn and Custer’s Last Stand

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