Wounded Knee Massacre
violent attack on Lakota Indians in 1890 by the United States Army
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Summary
Wounded Knee Massacre is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,941 views/month, #5 of 795).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Dakota[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Location: Wounded Knee Creek[5], Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark[6]
- Part of: Ghost Dance War[7], Native American genocide in the United States[8]
- Commons category: Wounded Knee Massacre[9]
- Point in time: December 29, 1890[10]
- Participant: 7th Cavalry Regiment[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pine Ridge Campaign[12]
- Number of deaths: 300[13]
- Different from: Wounded Knee incident[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
Body
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Wounded Knee Massacre include Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee[16], a literary work[17], written by Dee Brown[18].
Why It Matters
Wounded Knee Massacre has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for it include Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee[16], a literary work[17], written by Dee Brown[18].