What are These terms all associated with what event in 1890 Ghost Dance and middotLakota Sioux middotBig Foot middotCol. James W. Forsyth?
These terms are all associated with the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, which took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux leader, was killed by Indian police during an attempt to arrest him in December 1890. In response to these events, many Native Americans began participating in the Ghost Dance, a religious movement that preached that the dead would soon return to Earth and that the white settlers would be driven away.
Big Foot, a Miniconjou Lakota chief, and his band were traveling to the Pine Ridge Indian Agency to seek refuge when they were intercepted by the 7th Cavalry Regiment under the command of Colonel James W. Forsyth. The 7th Cavalry was ordered to disarm Big Foot's band, but a fight ensued, and over 300 Native Americans were killed. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the final major battle of the Indian Wars, and it marked the beginning of the end of Native American resistance to white settlement.