USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The massacre at Wounded Knee, during which soldiers of the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment indiscriminately slaughtered hundreds of Sioux men, women, and children, marked the definitive end of Indian resistance to the encroachments of white settlers.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the ensuing Wounded Knee Massacre, fierce fighting broke out and 150 Indians were slaughtered. The battle was the last major conflict between the U.S. government and the Plains Indians. By the early 20 century, the American-Indian Wars had effectively ended, but at great cost.

Detailed explanation-3: -There were more than 30 separate tribes, each with its own language, religious beliefs, customs, and way of life. They were as culturally varied as the European immigrants who settled the North American continent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plains tribes lived on land throughout what we know today as the plains of Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountain. The plains are flat grasslands of what we now often call the American West.