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The Great plains are set as reservation
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Trail of tears
Views on native americans change with each president, but Andrew Jackson wanted to use political and military power to get rid of them. The Georgia vs Worcester said the state and federal power could not move the natives. Jackson could not move the natives out of georgia, but Jackson did not listen to the courts. He rallied his troop to lead the natives on 800 mile journey, mostly by foot, Winter did appear during their journey and many natives died. Almost 1/4 of their population died. -
Geronimo's family killed
Geronimo's mother, wife, and his three children were killed by mexican invaders. -
Massacre of Sand Creek
Since gold had been discovered in lands belong to indians, many people wanted them to move. Indians were traveling to there other reservation for the winter. As they thought they were under U.S protection, but Chivington launched an attack on them. U.S general S.R Curtis telegraphed” I want no peace until the Indians suffer more”. Chivington goes on to kill mostly women and children in the . Even though the natives surrendered and with an american flag raising above the fort. The attack change -
Death on Bozeman Trail
A traveling trail, Bozeman, cut through the middle of the sioux territory. Whites start to settle down on this trail. Sioux chief, Rec Cloud, tried to appeal to the government, but was unsuccessful. Crazy Horse decided to ambush U.S military This lead to skirmishes happening until Sitting Bull agreed to move his people along the missouri river. The treaty of fort laramie was the signed treaty.The treaty only cooled conflicts for a little while. The constant urge of gold final start up conflicts -
Red River war
The U.S fought against hostile tribes while putting friendlier ones on reservations. -
Custer's last stand
Led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. They were able to kill off General Custer and his army within an hour. -
Dawes act
With the rising immigration of europeans to the west the government needed to find more land. Also many wanted to indian to merge into white lifestyle. Senator Henry Laurens Dawes creates the Dawes act. The act split up tribes into small families. It takes the leftover land for profit. The main effect was to destroy natives culture . Women started to lose their position of caretaker of land, to a more servant housewife position. Also it ended the main source of food, buffalo, in exchange for a f -
Wovoka starts Ghost Dance
Wovoka sees a vision and starts ghost dance in hopes of Native's return of life. -
Battle of wounded knee
when the seventh cavalry rounded up 350 starving native americans.,the sioux were brought to camp by wounded knee creek in south dakota. The army demanded that the natives give up their weapons. A random shot was fired and the paranoid cavalry took action. They opened fired on the natives killing 300 people. Most were women and children.A survivor , Black Elks recalls the his thoughts "in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people's dream died there. It was a beautiful dream
