Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the origin of the Ghost Dance movement and the massacre of the Sioux that happened at Wounded Knee. Includes questions for students.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: War on the Great Plains: The Last Indian Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the 30-year Indian Wars started and about the battles that were fought over those years. Describes the emergence and growth of the Ghost Dance movement that was initially envisioned by a Paiute medicine man named Wovoka. White...
Website
Other

Wounded Knee Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual tour of the massacre at Wounded Knee from a museum dedicated to preserving the history of what happened there.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Sitting Bull

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about one of the most legendary Native Americans of the 19th century. Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe that roamed the Great Plains in what is now the Dakotas.
Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides information about the Massacre at Wounded Knee. Gives background information on why and how the battle happened and includes a first-hand account of what occurred at the battle from an interpreter for the Army who...