The Wild West
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The Ghost Dance
Buffalo Bill staged wild elaborate shows that portrayed very slanted views of how conflict between American society and Native American society happened in the West. They were incredibly fun to watch, but they were not reflective necessarily of reality. In 1887, Buffalo Bill Texas showed a Europe, even performing a private show for Queen Victoria in London. But sitting bull stays in the U.S. He leaves his acting role and returns home to his tribe's reservation in South Dakota where once again there are problems on his land. The killings at Wounded Knee in 1890 mark a key moment inU.S. history. After decades of bloodshed, it is the last major armed conflict between Native American tribes and
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