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Clash of Cultures
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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre occured on November 29, 1864. A 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Native americans known as the Cheyenne and Arpacho. They were encamped in Southeastern Colorado territory. They killed an estimated amount of 70-163 indians. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
The Medicine Lodge Treaty was signed between the Untied States Government and the southern Plans Indian tribes in October of 1867. The treaty was ment to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations. The reservations were in Indain territory and away from the European-American settlement. The Indian Peace Comission negotiated about the treaty after an investigation. The U.S. government failed to give the Native Americans there full legal rights. -
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie
The Treaty of Ft. Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and the Lakota people. It was signed in 18y9 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory. It guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota. The Powder river counrty was to be closed to all whites. The treaty also ended Red Cloud's War. -
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon was one of the most significant battles of 1874-1875 indian campaign. Troops harassed Indians on the panhandle plains for six months. The 4th Cavalry, moving north from fort Concho, traked a large band of Indians to their secret canyon camp. The Cavalry suffered no causalities, and only counted four Indians dead. Since the Indians had lost most of their supplies and shelters, so the indians went back to the reservations. -
Battle of the little Big
The Battle of Little Big Horn was also known as Custer's last stand. This Battle marked the most decisive Native American victory, and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the Long Plains Indian war. The fate of Custer and his men outraged many americans, there image of Native Americans was wild and bloodthirsty. Within five years, almost all of the Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans were confined in reservations. -
Relocation of Nez Perce
The Relocaton of Nez Perce happened on October 5, 1877. It was a conflict between Nez Perce and the Native Americans and their allies. The conflict fought from june-october, 1877. The foced removel was in violation of the 1855 " Treaty of Walla Walla." This granted the tibe 7.5 million acres in their ancestral lands and the right to hunt and fish. -
Capture of Geronimo
On March 27, 1886. Geronimo and the remaining part of his tribe, surrendered to General Nelson Miles. That surrender should have ended the last Apache war, but it didnt. Geronimo died in 1909 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma -
Ghost Dance movement begins
The Ghost Dance movement began May 13, 1889. thw ghost dance was a religious movement which was incorporated into many Native american belief systems. They believed that proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with the dead and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to native people throughout the region. They would dance around in a circle. The practice swept throughout much of the Western United States. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre occured on December 29, 1890. It happened on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. It was the last battle in the American Indian War.By the time this battle was over there were atleast 150 men, women and children of the Lakota Sioux had been killed and 51 wounded.
