White settlers moving into Native American territory erupted into The Great Sioux War with the United States army. Even though the Plains Indians won the first battle, they would not be able to beat the United States army. While some American Indian bands escaped to Canada, most of the surviving Plains tribes were forced to live on reservations.

Sitting Bull was the Lakota tribe’s leader and a noted warrior. He led the Plain’s Indians against the United States army at the Battle of Little Big Horn. A large U.S Army force subdued some of the bands and Sitting Bull was forced to lead his people into Canada. Unable to feed them and many deaths later, Sitting Bull returned and agreed to live on a reservation.

Native Americans were forced to live on reservations like these.

As some of Sitting Bull's followers were ordered to be brought back to the reservation, a confrontation with the Seventh Cavalry ensued. As the soldiers began to confiscate weapons from the Sioux, a shot was fired. This tragic gun battle at Wounded Knee ended in the deaths of over 300 Sioux, including women and children. This was the last major conflict between American Indians and the U.S. Army. It signaled the end of Indian resistance to white settlers' westward expansion forever.