By 1900, Indian land had been reduced
from 155 million acres to 78 million.
Tried to enforce farming
on the Indians.
Mass slaughter of the buffalo.
1890 - Indians on the reservation
at Wounded Knee Creek
Wovoka told the Indians that if they danced
the Ghost Dance the white's would
disappear and the dead Indians would
return. The Indians were desperate.
At the Pine Ridge reservation in
Wounded Knee Creek, South
Dakota, soldiers were sent in to
arrest the Ghost Dancers. It got out
of control and Chief Big Foot + 153
men, women and children were shot.