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Homestead Act
The Homestead Act gave 160 acres of land to any settlers that paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years. The Homestead Act brought farmers out to the Great plains, this act also brought many immigrants to the plains. Also single women or widowed women could file for land because as a single woman they had the same rights as men. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Massacre was an attack lead by a Sioux leader called Crazy Horse. The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors attacked the army troops that were manning a fort on the Boseman Trail. The fort was there for people trying to reach the gold mines in Montana. During the attack Crazy Horse lured the troops into a fatal trap. Crazy Horse got the fort commander to send 80 troops out to the warriors. The warriors waited for the troops and then ambushed the troops. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Treaty of Fort Laramie was a treaty to bring peace between whites and the Sioux Indians that agreed to settle in the Black Hills reservation. In 1874, General George A. Custer led an expedition to the Black Hills to search for gold. Custer and the minners demanded U.S. Army protection. -
Discovery of 1874
1874 was the discovery of gold in the Black Hills. The Black Hills were rumored to have gold within them. In 1874, Custer led an expedition to confirm the rumors. The rumors turned out to be right, there was gold within the Black Hills. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The government promised that no one was alowed to pass through the hills. But the hills supposidly had gold. In 1874 Custer led an army to check out the hills to determine whether the rumor was true. The Sioux were outraged by the U.S.troop trespassers.The government tried to buy the hills. Sitting Bull denied the hill offer. Sitting Bull gathered Sioux and Cheyenne warrriors by the Little Bighorn River. George Custer led a regiment to attack the warriors. Custer and his regiment were defeated. -
Ghost Dance
The ghost dance was a ritual that helped to express the Sioux culture. The Sioux practiced this dance to hopefully regain their greatness. Officers at the resevations were alarmed by the dance and decided to ban the ghost dance. The officers believed that Sitting Bull was their leader and went to the camp to arrest him, but during a small fight Sitting bull was shot. -
Wounded Knee
After Sitting Bull was killed the Lakota Sioux fled to creek called Wounded Knee. The army went there to collect the Sioux's weapons. When the army heard a pistol shot they responded. Fighting occured, 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed.The fight at Wounded Knee ended the constant conflict between whites and Native Americans.
