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Definition of Wounded Knee, Battle of in English: Wounded Knee, Battle ofproper noun The last major confrontation (1890) between the US Army and North American Indians, at the village of Wounded Knee on a reservation in South Dakota. More than 150 largely unarmed Sioux men, women, and children were massacred. A civil rights protest at the site in 1973 led to clashes with the authorities.
Definition of Wounded Knee, Battle of in US English: Wounded Knee, Battle ofproper nounˈwo͞ondid ˈnē The last major confrontation (1890) between the US Army and North American Indians, at the village of Wounded Knee on a reservation in South Dakota. More than 150 largely unarmed Sioux men, women, and children were massacred.
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