Question: what is significant of the events that occurred at wounded knee in 1890 quizlet?
Answer: An 1890 massacre left some 150 Native Americans dead, in what was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. ... On December 29, the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under Big Foot, a Lakota Sioux chief, near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons.