The Sioux became desperate in the late 1880s, and turned to the Wovoka, who assured them that they would return to their original Plains if they performed the Ghost Dance. As the Ghost Dance swept the Plains, Sioux Indians gathered in groups wearing Ghost Shirts and performing the ritual, from their own culture. Indian officials and military authorities were suspicious of the movement and attempted to arrest chief Sitting Bull, a Sioux war hero whose cabin had become the center of the movement. In the outside the cabin, Sitting Bull was accidentally shot. Two weeks later, on December 29, 1890, 300 Indians were slaughtered by American troops at Wounded Knee. This symbol of the end to Indian resistance; the Plains Indians were conquered and moved into reservations throughout the next decade. Thought the Western expansion the Sioux were affected in a negative way and therefore didn't benefit them at all.
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