The Massacre at Wounded Knee effectively ended the Ghost Dance and
was the last of the American Indian wars.
Shortly after the massacre, 2 Lakota men set up the Wounded Knee Survivors Association, which sought compensation from the US government for the injured and fatalities. Today the association still works to protect the historical site and administers memorials erected.
The memorial that stands near the mass grave has many of the names of the deceased and is also inscribed with:
"This monument is erected by surviving relatives and other Ogalala and Cheyenne River Sioux Indians in memory of the Chief Big Foot massacre December 29, 1890. Col. Forsyth in command of US troops. Big Foot was a great chief of the Sioux Indians. He often said, 'I will stand in peace till my last day comes.' He did many good and brave deeds for the white man and the red man. Many innocent women and children who knew no wrong died here."
was the last of the American Indian wars.
Shortly after the massacre, 2 Lakota men set up the Wounded Knee Survivors Association, which sought compensation from the US government for the injured and fatalities. Today the association still works to protect the historical site and administers memorials erected.
The memorial that stands near the mass grave has many of the names of the deceased and is also inscribed with:
"This monument is erected by surviving relatives and other Ogalala and Cheyenne River Sioux Indians in memory of the Chief Big Foot massacre December 29, 1890. Col. Forsyth in command of US troops. Big Foot was a great chief of the Sioux Indians. He often said, 'I will stand in peace till my last day comes.' He did many good and brave deeds for the white man and the red man. Many innocent women and children who knew no wrong died here."