Big Foot was the Lakota chief whose people were murdered at the Wounded Knee Massacre. He had surrendered to the U.S. soldiers, but they massacred him and his people anyway. The violent act exemplifies the U.S. government’s cruelty toward Native Americans, as well the fact that Native Americans who cooperate with the government are often still persecuted.
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Big Foot Character Timeline in Lakota Woman
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Chapter 10: The Ghosts Return
...to the white soldiers, thereby saving his people. Other chiefs were not as fortunate—most notably, Big Foot and his people were massacred at Wounded Knee, after he had surrendered.
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