Native American - KG

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  • The Gnadenhutten Massacre

    A group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 christianized Delaware Indians.
  • The Northwest Ordinance

    The Northwest Ordinance

    Stated that Indians were to be treated with the "utmost good faith" and specified that "their lands and property shall never be taken away from them without their consent."
    William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana, threatened, bribed, and purposely intoxicated Indians.
    He was opposed by Tecumseh who began organizing an Indian Confederation.
    In 1811 and 1812, Harrison fought and defeated Tecumseh at the battle of Tippecanoe.
  • The battle of Tippecanoe

    The battle of Tippecanoe

    Followed the Treaty of Fort Wayne which required Indiana tribes to sell three million acres of land to the US government.
    A Shawnee chief named Tecumseh organized a confederation of Native American tribes to combat the horde of pioneers coming into their lands.

  • The Creek War

    The War of 1812 bled into the Mvskoke Creek War. Also known as the Red Stick War.
    Many different tribes fought US militiamen, the British and Spanish backed the Indians to help keep the Americans from encroaching on their interests.

  • The Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Forced Native Americans off of their ancestral lands in order to make way for white European settlement.
  • The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851/Appropriation Bill for Indian Affairs

    The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851/Appropriation Bill for Indian Affairs

    Authorized the establishment of reservations in Oklahoma and inspired the creation of reservations in other states as well.

  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Was meant to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux, who agreed to settle in Black Hills, a reservation in the Dakota Territory.
    Signed at Fort Laramie
    Ownership of Black Hills remains a legal dispute between the US government and the Sioux.
  • Dawes Act of 1887

    Dawes Act of 1887

    Gave the federal government permission to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Native Americans who accepted the allotments were allowed to become US citizens.
    The objective was to assimilate Native Americans into US society by taking away their cultural and social traditions.
    Over 90 million acres of tribal land were stripped from Native and sold to non-natives.
  • The Ghost Dance

    The Ghost Dance

    Invented new spiritual traditions to reassert their sovereignty since Native American culture was stripped away from them.
    Wovoka, a shaman, had a vision that God would give them bountiful land of love and peace. This spiritual movement was called the Ghost Dance.
    Prophesied the reunification of Indian tribes from the West and Southwest, and the banishment of all evil from the world.

  • The massacre at Wounded Knee

    Soldiers from the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment slaughtered hundreds of Sioux men, women, and children. Marked the definite end of Indian Resistance to the encroachments of the whites.