1 / 10

The Wounded Knee Massacre and the Ghost Dance

The Wounded Knee Massacre and the Ghost Dance. Morgan Stanley, Candace Burke, and Zach Parrish. Who was Involved?. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer Crazy Horse Wovoka Sioux Tatanka Yotanka or Sitting Bull. Summary.

fancy
Télécharger la présentation

The Wounded Knee Massacre and the Ghost Dance

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Wounded Knee Massacre and the Ghost Dance Morgan Stanley, Candace Burke, and Zach Parrish

  2. Who was Involved? • Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer • Crazy Horse • Wovoka • Sioux • TatankaYotanka or Sitting Bull

  3. Summary • When gold and precious metals were found in Native American land, many new people cam and took over the valuable land. • Many Native Americans were forced to move out of there land and to go reservations. • The Sioux tribe did not like this so Sitting Bull started persuading them to fight back. • Sitting Bull was then captured and taken to prison.

  4. Summary

  5. Summary • Sitting Bull became famous for his attempt to save the land that was his. • Wovoka started a new religion when he had a vision of the land like how it used to be. • The Ghost Dance started as a part of this new religion and many Native Americans followed this belief. • The Ghost Dance shirts were thought to be a protection from a white man’s gun.

  6. Summary

  7. Summary • When Sitting Bull got out of prison he heard about the new religion. • He made the guards keeping him away from his tribe to go and meet with the Ghost Dance religion members who went with a more experienced leader when Sitting Bull was put in prison. • The members crowded around his cabin in a way to escape. • Sitting Bull was shot in the head because the barrier of people didn’t work.

  8. Summary

  9. Cause and Effect • The precious metals found in this Indian land pushed Native Americans off of there own land. • The Ghost Dance brought the Native Americans spirits up enough to fight for there land back. • The Native Americans lost the battle between them and the Whites. 290 Sioux members died.

  10. Bibliography • US and Them – Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee • http://www.friendslittlebighorn.com/custerslaststand.htm • http://www.crazyhorserifles.com/the%20legend.htm • http://www.crazyhorserifles.com/the%20legend.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sitting_Bull.jpg • http://genealogyreligion.net/the-ghost-dance-and-wounded-knee • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre • http://jerryselfish.tumblr.com/ • http://www.amyglenn.com/SOCI/soci1301institutions.htm • http://rivendellshealinghouse.blogspot.com/ • http://www.republicoflakotah.com/tag/treaty-of-fort-laramie-1868/

More Related