The Wounded Knee incident began Process_start on February 27 , 1973 , when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement ( AIM ) seized Self_motion and occupied Control the town of Wounded Knee , South Dakota , on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation .

A member of the Cherokee tribe and a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe were both killed Killing by shootings in April 1973 .

The Hayfield Fight on August 1 , 1867 was an engagement Hostile_encounter of Red Cloud 's War near Fort C. F. Smith , Montana , between 21 soldiers of the U.S. Army , a hay-cutting crew of nine civilians , and several hundred Native Americans , mostly Cheyenne and Arapaho , with some Lakota Sioux .

The Wounded Knee Massacre ( also called the Battle of Wounded Knee ) was a domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians , mostly women and children , by soldiers of the United States Army .

It occurred Coming_to_be on December 29 , 1890 , near Wounded Knee Creek ( Lakota : `` Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála '' ) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota , following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp .

It occurred Coming_to_be on December 29 , 1890 , near Wounded Knee Creek ( Lakota : `` Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála '' ) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota , following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp .

It occurred Coming_to_be on December 29 , 1890 , near Wounded Knee Creek ( Lakota : `` Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála '' ) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota , following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp .

The previous day , a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Self_motion Spotted Elk 's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted Sending them westward to Wounded Knee Creek , where they made camp .

The previous day , a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Self_motion Spotted Elk 's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted Sending them westward to Wounded Knee Creek , where they made camp .

On the morning of December 29 , the U.S. Cavalry troops went Motion into the camp to disarm the Lakota .

One version of events claims Statement that during the process of disarming the Lakota , a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle , claiming he had paid a lot for it .

The Lakota warriors fought Hostile_encounter back , but many had already been stripped Emptying of their guns and disarmed .

By the time the massacre was over , between 250 and 300 men , women , and children of the Lakota had been killed Killing and 51 were wounded Bodily_harm ( 4 men and 47 women and children , some of whom died later ) ; some estimates placed Placing the number of dead at 300 .