Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee ( Massacre At Wounded Knee )

December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Soth Dakota at least 150 men, women and children of the Lakota Sioux were killed and 51 wounded. Some estimates placed the number of dead at 300. 25 US troopers also died and 39 wounded. It's believed that many of these were the victims of friendly fire, as the shooting took place at close range in chaotic conditions. On that December morning the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events