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Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, involved nearly three hundred Lakota people killed by soldiers of the United States Army. Between 250 and 300 Lakota people were killed, and 51 were wounded. Twenty-five U.S. soldiers were killed and 39 were wounded. Nineteen soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor specifically for Wounded Knee, and overall 31 for the campaign.
General Nelson A. Miles
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States Army (1839-1925)
Spotted Elk
Native American leader

Clara Bewick Colby
British-American lecturer, newspaper publisher and correspondent, women's rights activist, and suffragist leader
Kicking Bear
Mniconjou Lakota chief and Ghost Dance leader (1846-1904)
James W. Forsyth
Union Army general (1835–1906)
Touch the Clouds
American tribal chief
Eugene Asa Carr
Union Army General and Medal of Honor recipient (1830–1910)
Ernest Albert Garlington
United States Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Guy Vernor Henry
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1839-1899)
Edward Settle Godfrey
United States Army officer and Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (1843-1932)
Frank Wheaton
Union Army general (1833–1903)
Ghost Dance War
armed conflict between a group of the Sioux people and the US from 1890 until 1891
Charles Varnum
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient