Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Questions and Answers Chapter 12: The War for the Black Hills

Study Questions
1. What prompted whites to begin settling in the Black Hills?

2. What was the debate the chiefs had over what should be demanded from the U.S.?

3. What was the meaning of Sitting Bull’s vision?

4. Why did the Indians go to Little Bighorn Valley?

5. What did the American outrage after the Custer massacre produce?

Answers
1. General Custer’s report that the hills were full of gold prompted the whites to converge on the Black Hills.

2. The chiefs had debated whether to accept payment for the gold mined in the hills, or absolute Indian...

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