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  2. Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark - Wikipedia

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    The Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, known also as Wounded Knee, was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 in South Dakota, United States. As "Wounded Knee", an 870-acre (350 ha) area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965. [ 3 ]

  3. Wounded Knee Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, involved nearly three hundred Lakota people killed by soldiers of the United States Army.The massacre, part of what the U.S. military called the Pine Ridge Campaign, [5] occurred on December 29, 1890, [6] near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota ...

  4. Wounded Knee Creek - Wikipedia

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    Wounded Knee Creek is a tributary of the White River, approximately 100 miles (160 km) long, [1] in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota in the United States. Its Lakota name is Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála. The creek's name recalls an incident when a Native American sustained an injury to his knee during a fight. [2]

  5. Sunday marked date of 'cold-blooded massacre,' but military ...

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    134 years ago, hundreds of Lakota were massacred at South Dakota's Wounded Knee Creek. The U.S. is reviewing medals awarded to soldiers who took part. Sunday marked date of 'cold-blooded massacre ...

  6. Bill for preserving site of Wounded Knee massacre in South ...

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    A bill to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre — one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history — cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Wounded Knee Massacre ...

  7. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Wikipedia

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    The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890, [12] near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Cankpe Opi Wakpala). On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's (Big Foot) band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 ...

  8. Fort Niobrara - Wikipedia

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    Though there was tension there was no armed conflict with Brulé Lakota people at the Rosebud agency, in contrast to the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 28, 1890, at the Pine Ridge Agency. [1] The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last combat event in the Indian Wars in the western United States.

  9. Pentagon panel to review Medals of Honor given to soldiers at ...

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    The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. soldiers for their actions in the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee to make sure their conduct merits such an honorable ...