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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the most infamous incidents of the Indian Wars.This happend in Colorado and was first stated in the press as a victory against a bravely fought defense by the Cheyenne, later eyewitness testimony conflicted with these reports, resulting in a military and two Congressional investigations into the events. -
Fetterman Massacre
Fetterman ignored his orders and crossed the Lodge Trail Ridge in pursuit of the Sioux. The cavalry was attacked by 2,000 Sioux warriors and all were killed.The Sioux won killing 79 of Fettermans men. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
was an agreement between the United States and the Lakota nation, Yanktonai Sioux, Santee Sioux, and Arapaho signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The Powder River Country was to be henceforth closed to all whites. The treaty ended Red Cloud's War. -
1874 Discovery
The conflict arose over the Black Hills of the Dakotas were the Government promised that no white people were aloud to settle on occupy or even pass through.Going against this,Custer led an army to the Black Hills to confirm rumers that there was gold there. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Sioux and Cheyenne Indians left their reservations after being told not to. They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands.The Native Americans won. -
Dawes Act
An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians. -
Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance is a religious dance of the Sioux and Arapaho indians looking for communication with the dead.This dance would be preformed for 4 to 5 days.The dance was unlike other Indian dances. -
Wounded Knee
The dawes Act changed forever the Native American way of life and weakened their cultural traditions.The wounded knee massacre is known as the event that ended the last of the Indian wars in America.
