The Lakota leader arrested at Wounded Knee was Sitting Bull. He was taken into custody on December 15, 1890, as tensions escalated surrounding the Ghost Dance movement, which many Native Americans believed would restore their way of life. His arrest led to a tragic confrontation that culminated in the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890, where U.S. troops killed hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children.
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