How is wounded knee incident significant in the lives of native americans?

Wounded Knee Massacre. Wounded Knee Massacre, (29 December 1890), the killing of 150–300 Native Americans by U.S. soldiers in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. By 1890, the Plains Indians had lost the struggle to defend their territory and way of life against the expansionist United States.

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