Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Summary and Analysis Chapter 19: Wounded Knee

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Big Foot: Leader of band of Minneconjous who was killed at his camp at Wounded Knee in 1890.

Black Coyote: The Minneconjou whose dispute with Army soldiers sparked battle at Wounded Knee.

Summary
After Sitting Bull’s death and the fight following his death, roughly 100 Hunkpapas flee the Standing Rock agency and meet up with Big Foot’s Minneconjous near Cherry Creek. The Minneconjous and Hunkpapas, choosing not to resist the Army due to their belief in the Ghost Dance prophecy, flee toward Pine Ridge, thinking...


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