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The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, in involved settlers and farmers. The Act gave 160 free acres of land to whom was paid a fee that lived on the land for five years. Which caused federal land policy to bring farmers to the plains to start settling on land to gain ownership. -
Fetterman Massacre
On Bozeman trail in 1866, army troops were manning a fort to reach gold mines in Montana. It involved army troops(soldiers.) A military leader acted as a decpy and trapped the tropps in a deadly way. He tricked them for his benefit and their loss. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
In 1868, the battle of little bighorn was located over the Black Hills of the Dakotas. There was suppose to be a treaty to bring peace, but troubles stayed in affect and it ended up causing more fighting a few years later. It involved george custer, crazy horse, and another sioux cheif and his forces. The U.S. Army was demanded to gather all the warriors and move them to the reservations. It was short lived and the army finally defeated the Native Americans sending them to the reservations. -
Discovery of 1874.
In 1874, Custer led a group of people on a journey to discovery if the stories of the black hills were true. The stories known were that there was gold "from the grass roots down." When gold was found, they knew the stories were true. The government tried to buy the hills, but the leader of the lakota sioux, ssitting bull, did not allow this to happen. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
In 1876, the treaty of fort laramie was made. It was made to bring peace between the Sioux and the Whites. After Custer led a group of people to find gold and make the Discovery of 1874, Custer led them to the Sioux hunting ground and requested for the U.S Army's protection. The Black hill is still owned by the U.S government and the Sioux. As long as the U.S. kept their promise to stay out of the black hills, the Native Americans would keep their promise and stop attacking. -
Ghost Dance
In 1890, an offer was given by the Wovoka to the Sioux for regaining greatness. It involved the Wovoka's and the Sioux. The Sioux had to have a ritual in order to regain thier greatness. They were then told that the dance, their ritual, that they were planning was banned and it ended in chaos. The police went to go arrest Sitting Bull at his camp and he ended up being shot. -
Wounded Knee
In December of 1890, many Lakota Sioux worried in fear after Sitting Bull's death. Where they gathered after this crisis was at the creek called Wounded Knee. They went to collect the Sioux's weapons. The fight was an unexpected start and is still unknown to this day but when the first shot rang, the army fired back. This caused over 200 Sioux deaths and 25 soilders died. The Native Americans lost and this stated the end of armed conflict between the two rivals.
