The massacre at Wounded Knee Creek in itself started from an accidentally fired gun, but it was the culmination of many previous events. Custer's last stand had just taken place at the Battle at Little Big Horn; all of Custer's 300 soldiers were killed. In retaliation, the army of the White Settlers forced the native Americans off their land into reservations; Wounded Knee was just waiting to happen.

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