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Daniel F. Royer
United States Indian agent
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context of the Wounded Knee Massacre
- In Wounded Knee Massacre: Context
In August 1890 Daniel F. Royer became head of the Pine Ridge Agency; he arrived at his post in October. Many of the Oglala Lakota on his reservation had become passionate Dancers, and he was both displeased with and fearful of their religion. Whereas some federal agents and…
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