What event in the history of the West in the late 1800s prompted Chief Joseph to give this speech? (1 point)

A) the expansion of buffalo hunting by American Indians like the Nez Percé
B) the death of Sitting Bull, an important Lakota leader
C) the defeat of American Indian peoples by United States troops
D) the Ghost Dance, a new American Indian religious ceremony

C) the defeat of American Indian peoples by United States troops