Wounded Knee was the US 7th Cavalry in 1890. 300 unarmed Lakota including women and children were massacred.
Yeah, but those weren’t REAL poeple, now were they?
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The 1890 massacre wasn’t ordered by the president or by General Miles. It was part of an operation to round up the dissident groups who were adhering to a resistance based on the ghost dance religious belief. The actual massacre was due to actions/orders of the officer in charge of the detail of about 500 troops and not on the orders of any general or president and would have no application to this premise (military being ordered to fire on citizens). It was considered to be the last battle between indian tribes and the army.
The Wounded Knee incident was in 1973 and involved the occupation by indian militants of the small town of Wounded Knee SD which the militants tied to the 1890 massacre. The Federal Marshal Service were the big players along with the FBI. One federal marshal and three indians were killed in the shootout that ensued. Also not ordered by the president.