The significance of the battle at wounded knee was that it was the last conflict in the war between the US military troops and the Lakota Sioux Indians during the Indian Wars in the late 19th century. The battle was fought at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota in December of 1890 and around 300 people were massacred including women and children.
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