Yellow Bird is a Lakota warrior who is part of Big Foot’s band. When Wasichu soldiers force Big Foots’ people to give up their guns, Yellow Bird resists. His gun accidentally goes off, killing a U.S. Cavalry officer, which starts the massacre at Wounded Knee. Yellow Bird dies at the massacre.
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Yellow Bird Character Timeline in Black Elk Speaks
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Chapter 24: The Butchering at Wounded Knee
...the Big Foot people completely, and a soldier started to wrestle the gun away from Yellow Bird , which caused the gun to go off. The Wasichus insist that the gunshot was...
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