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Sun Dance Outlawed by Gov't
By the late nineteenth century the Native Americans faced challenges from the white man to every aspect of their live, including their religious practices. Their religion consisted of many ceremonial dances. One of which was the sun dance as the white man became familiar with this dance they sought to erase their religion. The sun dance was held on an annual basis the dance festivities lasted from eight to fifteen days. The first four days were devoted to a number of ceremonies. -
The Dawes Act Severalty Act
The Dawes Severalty Act is an act that provided land to Indians. It was intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners. It was passed February of 1887. It is named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts. Other people thought; this law would “civilize” the Indians by weaning them from their nomadic life, treating them as individuals rather than as members of their tribes. -
Oklahoma Land Run(Sooners)
The legal basis for opening the Oklahoma district was called the unassigned lands. They laid out 160 acres of land, they were vacant in the post civil war effort to create reservations for plains, Indians and other tribes, were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the nation. Oklahoma settlement colonies were being formed in major U. S. cities. A multitude of impoverished farmers were not alone in their zeal to settle the unassigned lands. -
Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance religion was an answer to the subjugation of Native Americans by the U. S. government. It was an attempt to face increasing poverty, hunger, and disease, all representing the reservation life of the Native Americans in the late Nineteenth century. The Ghost Dance originated among the Paiute Indians around 1870. -
Murder of Sitting Bull
Sitting bull also nicknamed as ‘slow” was a Indian man with a white man spirit. Sitting bull led a tribe. He was a holy man who was spiritual. Sitting bull was supporting the Ghost dance but the Indian agency police didn’t like that. Those days were tough for him. His tribe and he had to leave the United States. He was killed by the Indian agency police on December 15, 1890. He was one of the most well known Indians. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The wounded knee massacre was about white officials get alarmed about Indian religious. They did not like the ghost dance. The Indians had were at a camp, when the soldiers came one of the Indians tried to disarm one of the soldiers and the gun fired and everyone started to fire. The Indians tried to hide, but the soldiers opened fire on them and killed at least 150 Indians. -
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was proposed by Representative Homer P. Snyder of New York. The government of the United States confers citizenship of all Native Americans born in the US. Before the Civil War, Native Americans were treated differently. The U.S. Congress granted equalitly to all Native Americans in the United States. The Act passed partially because of the many Indian people who has who had served during World War.
