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The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government
The first cession of land by Native Americans in Nebraska. -
Preemption Act of 1841 passed
permitted squatters to purchase up to 160 acres of land -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
a law was passes that made the territories of kansas and Nebraska -
Period: to
Civil War
War between north and south of the US -
Homestead Act passed
A law passed that let settlers could obtain up to 160 acres without cost -
The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
built the fist transcontinental railroad. -
Morrill Act passed
a law that granted each state 30,000 acres of public land. -
Period: to
Construction of the transcontinental railroad
building of the railroad. -
Plum Creek Massacre
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a Denver-bound freight wagon train killing thirteen -
Sand Creek Massacre
US Army carried out a surprise attack on a non-combatant encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians -
Nebraska becomes a State
Nebraska becomes a State -
The first Treaty of Fort Laramie
United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation -
The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe
treaty where Native Americans gave up land to the US