Conflict on the Great Plains

Treaty of Fort Laramie

Sep 17, 1851

Is a treaty between the Americans and Native Americans about the Native Americans freedom so that they can be reconized as an American this is called Americanization

Sand Creek Massare

Nov 29, 1864

Starting in the 1850’s, the gold and silver rush in the Rocky Mountains brought thousands of white settlers into the mountains and the surrounding foothills.This is what happened.

Fetterman Massacre

Dec 21, 1866

Army troops were manning a fort on the Bozeman Trail, used by prospectors to reach gold mines in Montana and hundreds of warriors wrere waiting in ambush and wipe out the entire detachment.

1874 Discovery

Jan 1, 1874

At this time, a man Custer led an army expedition to check on the rumors and confirm that there was gold.

Battle of Little Bighorn

Jun 26, 1876

The battle was the most famous action of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 and was a remarkable victory for Sitting Bull's tribe. This battle did not inflict the highest number of casualties by Native America.

Ghost Dance

Jan 1, 1890

This was a way that Siluox to express their culture that was being destoryed.Also when reservation officials became alarmed because of this they banned the dance.This happened because they wanted to bring back the buffalo and praise their anesenstors and to vaninish the white men.

Wounded Knee

Dec 29, 1890

In the Wounded Knee Massacre, on December 29, 1890, 350 troops of the US 7th Cavalry, supported by four Hotchkiss surrounded an encampment of Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek.