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The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States. Responsible for the administration and management of 55,700,000 acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. They founded additional boarding schools that were usually harsh and deadly, especially for younger children.
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A law that any adult citizen, intended citizen, or anyone who has never borne arms against the US Government could claim 160 acres of surveyed Government land.
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U.S. statues that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales.
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A series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the U.S. by authorizing the issuance of government bonds and grants to the railroad companies.
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A massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars.
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A name given to the African Americans who migrated from the states along the Mississippi River to Kansas, as part of the Exodusters movement. It was considered the very first migration of colored people following the Civil War.
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An overall name for three treaties signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas. It was between the U.S. Federal government and Southern plains indians and was intended on bringing peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans.
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A conference was held at Fort Laramie, Wyoming to result in a treaty with the Sioux. The treaty was meant to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux.
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A series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States. The cause of the battle was from the U.S. government trying to obtain ownership of the black hills.
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Known as the "battle of the Greasy Grass" or "Custer's Last Stand". It was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes.
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Leader of the Wallowa Band, and led his people through the Rocky Mountains
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Provided land to the
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A massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians- that included women and children- by the United States Army.
