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fetterman massacre
crazy horse, a sioux leader acted as a decoy and lured troops into a deadly trap. by tricking the forts commander into sending out about 80 soilders hundreds of sioux warriors hiding in the woods and wiped out the entire detachment. at this battle the sioux won -
battle of little big horn
the sioux protested against the trespassers. instead of proteccting the siouxs rights,the government tried to purchase the black hills from sitting bull, an important leader of the lakota sioux, refused. i do not want to sell any land he said -
discovery of 1874
a treaty was supposed to bring peace but tensions remained and erupted in more fighting a few years later.the conflict arose over the black hills of the dakotas. the government had promised that no white person or persons shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy or to pass through the hills -
wounded knee
full of fear the lakota sioux left soon after the death of sitting bull. they went to a creek called WOUNDED KNEE thats located in southwesternsouth dakota, the army went to wounded knee to collect the siouxs weapons. when the army went to collect the weapons a battle broken out and no one knows how -
ghost dance
a way for the sioux to express their culture that was being destroyed. as the ritual spread, reservation officials became alarmedand decided to ban the dance. believing that their cheif, sitting bull, was the leader of the movement, police went to his camp to arrest him during a scuffle they shot sitting bull -
homestead act of 1862
i 1862 congress passed the homestead act, this gave settlers to free acres of land. to live on this land they had to pay a fee. they lived on the land for 5yrs. the federal land policy brought farmers to the plains, to homestead. homestead means to earn ownership of land by settling on it
