Ghost Dance War
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The Ghost Dance War was a late 19th-century conflict between the U.S. Army and several Native American tribes, culminating in the Wounded Knee Massacre and effectively ending large-scale Indigenous armed resistance on the Great Plains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghost Dance | 2 |
| Ghost Dance War canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9784201 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ghost Dance War Context triple: [Nelson A. Miles, participantIn, Ghost Dance War]
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A.
War Dances
War Dances is a genre-blending collection of short stories and poems by Sherman Alexie that explores contemporary Native American life with his characteristic mix of humor, poignancy, and social critique.
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B.
Sun Dance
The Sun Dance is a central Plains Indigenous ceremonial ritual involving days of dancing, fasting, prayer, and often physical sacrifice to seek spiritual renewal and communal harmony.
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C.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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D.
Red Bird uprising
The Red Bird uprising was a brief 1827 Native American resistance led by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) leader Red Bird against United States encroachment in what is now Wisconsin.
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E.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ghost Dance War Target entity description: The Ghost Dance War was a late 19th-century conflict between the U.S. Army and several Native American tribes, culminating in the Wounded Knee Massacre and effectively ending large-scale Indigenous armed resistance on the Great Plains.
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A.
War Dances
War Dances is a genre-blending collection of short stories and poems by Sherman Alexie that explores contemporary Native American life with his characteristic mix of humor, poignancy, and social critique.
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B.
Sun Dance
The Sun Dance is a central Plains Indigenous ceremonial ritual involving days of dancing, fasting, prayer, and often physical sacrifice to seek spiritual renewal and communal harmony.
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C.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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D.
Red Bird uprising
The Red Bird uprising was a brief 1827 Native American resistance led by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) leader Red Bird against United States encroachment in what is now Wisconsin.
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E.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American history event
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armed conflict ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Miniconjou Lakota
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Oglala Lakota ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| conflictBetween |
Lakota Sioux
ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux people
United States Army ⓘ other Native American tribes ⓘ |
| culminatedIn | Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ |
| describedAs | final major armed conflict between the U.S. Army and Plains tribes ⓘ |
| endTime | 1891 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupInvolved |
Lakota
ⓘ
Sioux ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux people
other Plains tribes ⓘ |
| followedBy | period of reduced open armed conflict between U.S. and Plains tribes ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Ghost Dance religious movement
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U.S. government suppression of Native religious practices ⓘ loss of Native lands on the Great Plains ⓘ tensions over reservation policies ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
effectively ended large-scale Indigenous armed resistance on the Great Plains
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marked the violent suppression of the Ghost Dance movement ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
U.S.–Native American relations
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American relations
cultural suppression ⓘ millenarian religious movements ⓘ |
| involves |
Native American religious freedom
ⓘ
U.S. Indian policy ⓘ reservation system ⓘ |
| location |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ |
| notableCommander | U.S. Army officers on the Plains ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
history of United States expansion ⓘ history of the Lakota people ⓘ |
| precededBy | Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Wounded Knee Massacre
ⓘ
killing of Sitting Bull ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Ghost Dance ⓘ |
| result |
U.S. victory
ⓘ
further confinement of Native Americans to reservations ⓘ increased federal control over Native American affairs ⓘ |
| startTime | 1890 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ghost Dance War Description of subject: The Ghost Dance War was a late 19th-century conflict between the U.S. Army and several Native American tribes, culminating in the Wounded Knee Massacre and effectively ending large-scale Indigenous armed resistance on the Great Plains.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Ghost Dance War
linked to: Ghost Dance War