The American West

  • Pratt boarding School

    Richard henery Pratt ran this school. it was an indian boarding school. it ran all the way up to 1918
  • bureau of indian affaires

    its an agent of the government within the us departmenmt of the interior.
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    Dawes Act

    it provides land for the indians. also extened laws for protection over indians.
  • Homestead act

    The himestead act is several lwas passed by the untied states that gaev applicants owner hip of land to little or no cost.
  • Cheyenne Uprising

    indians had poor fertile land. Black Kettle led an army to sandy creek.
  • sand creek massacre

  • Fetterman Massacre

    this was battle during the red clous war. all 81 people under willam j fetterman were killed by theindians.
  • camp grant, AZ apache massacre

    Was and attack on the appache. who then surrender to the unnited state army
  • the lakota war

    A short war at lokaota. becase there was gold dicovered in the black hills
  • Battle of little big horn

    t was also called custards last stand. it was a armed conflict between lakot and nothern cheyenne and Arapaho
  • desert land act

    desert land act
    The dessert land act was passed by the united states.
  • Capture of Nez Perce

    This as and armed conflict. Between several small armys and there allies
  • Capture of geronimo

    gerinimo was an indian leader, he fought again mexico and the united states.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Chief Spotted Elk of the Miniconjou Lakota nation and 350 of his followers were intercepted by a 7th Cavalry detachment under Major Samuel M. Whitside southwest of the badlands near Porcupine Butte
  • forest resevation act

    The Forest Reserve Act, as the legislation has come to be known, was regarded by forestry advocates and federal officials as the first step toward protecting the public domain's remaining stands of valuable timber. The law set aside the public lands withdrawn under its provision from further settlement and appropriation but did little else. There were no specific management provisions or monies provided for the protection of the forest reservations until enactment of the Forest Management Act in
  • Tuner Theis

    Fredrick runer presented his frontier statment to the supreme court. he siad expansion is the most important thing for america
  • Completion of tranz contenal R.R.

    The railroad strached from califonia to utah then to nebraska. it cut trave time in half and it was cost effective from people who had low income.
  • bill codsys "wil wild west show""

    bill codsys "wil wild west show""
    he was a bison hunter a soilder and a showman.