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The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the most infamous incidents in the Indian War. The gold & silver rush brought the white settlers into the Rocky Mountains. The massacre site was authorized as a National Historic site on August, 2, 2005, it was called the Sand Creek Massacre. Knowing that the Indians had surrendered, Chivington led his 700 troops, to Sand Creek and positioned them, along with their four howitzers, around the Indian village.
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The bloodiest incident occurred on December 21, 1866. Hundreds of army men were waiting in ambus & they ended up wiping out the entire detachment. It was later called The Fetterman Massacre.The Sioux, along with the Cheyenne & Arapaho warriors, were a part of this. Army tropps were manning a fort on a trail used by prospectors to reach gold mine's in Montana.
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In 1874, Custer lead an army expedition to check on the rumors and confirmed that there was gold, "from the grass roots down." Then, prospectors swarmed into tht area.
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In the spring of 1868 a conference was held at Fort Laramie. That resulted in a treaty with the Sioux. This treaty was suppose to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who then agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory.
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A battle taking place along the Little Bighorn river. Shortlived. The army crushed the uprising, sending most of the Native Americans to reservations. The Native American triumph at Little Bighorn was short-lived. By 1881, exhausted and starving, the Lakota and Ceyenne agreed to live on a reservation. This was a huge Native American Indian victory.
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The Ghost Dance was a way for the Sioux to express their coulture that was being destroyed. Reservation officials became alarmed and decided to ban the dance. The Dawes Act changed forever the Native American way of life and weakened their cultural traditions. In teir despair the Sioux turned in 1890 to Wovoka, a prophet.
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The Wounded Knee was a creek the army went too to collect the Sioux's weapons. More thean 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed here. Several hundred Lakota Sioux fled in fear after Sitting Bull's death here. No one know's how the fighting started, but when a pistol shot rang out, the army responded with fire.
