The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last clash between the Army and the Sioux.
Wovoka, a Paiute Indian, claimed to have a vision that said if the Indians danced the Ghost Dance, the Great Spirit would bring all their dead back to life and a great flood would carry the whites away.
As the Ghost Dance spread through the reservations, President Harrison ordered the Army to take control. Sitting Bull was killed in an attempt to arrest him.
At Wounded Knee Creek, the Army opened fire on warriors as they danced the Ghost Dance. 250 Sioux Indians were killed – half of them women and children.
Public opinion generally supported the Army
People seemed to agree that ‘out of control’ Indians should be killed
