The Ghost Dance and Battle of Wounded Knee
During the United States movement westward there were many people ripped from the land they owned for most of their lives, one of these people being the Sioux Indians. There were many battles within the governments relocation program of the Sioux people; one cause of a major battle was the uprising of a religion that has been come to known as the Ghost Dance religion; and the major battle occurring subsequently and directly from the non-violent Ghost Dance religion was the Battle (or Massacre) of Wounded Knee (Massacre, 2).
During the 1880's the…
