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Treaty Of Fort Laramie
Another treaty defining the new land boundaries -
Lame Bull Treaty of 1855
The treaty was suppose to create peace between the U.S. government and the Indian tribes. The treaty defined the new shared land boundaries. -
Gold Rush Of 1862
Miners came in and took all of the Blackfeet's food. Many Indians straved becuase of the Gold Rush -
Massacre of the Small Robes
On a cold January morning of 1870, with much suffering in the lodges because of smallpox,Chief Heavy Runner's camp was attacked by U.S. troops. A total of 173 Indians (many of whom were women and children) were killed in retaliation for the killing of a white man by some young Piegans. Some 2,000 Blackfeet died of smallpox that winter. -
Act Of Congress
The Act Of Congress 1874 was supose to grant the indians more land, but took more land away -
The Last Of the Buffalo
The buffalo population was decreasing over time, so the Blackfoot tribe became dependent of the U.S. government for supplies -
Act of Congress 1887
White ranchers needed more land to farm on, so the government took more land away from the Blackfoot tribe -
Act of Congress 1895
the government reduced the reservation by another 800,000 acres along the "Backbone of the World." For the Blackfeet this land was like their church.
