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What was the original cause of united states soldiers killing approximately 300 american indians—mostly unarmed women, children, and older men—at wounded knee?.

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Answer: The American soldiers wanted to remove the Native American Lakota Tribe and make them settle in the west.

Explanation: The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. It occurred on December 29, 1890,[5] near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp

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