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Bureau of indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian affairs is managed by the federal government. They are in charge of 55,700,000 acres, which are home to Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. -
Indian Removal Act
A law passed by Congress that removed Indians from their homeland and put them on a reserve. -
Comstock Lode
The place where the first major disconvery of silver ore was found -
Homestead Act
Where the Federal government gave people land at little to no cost. -
Bear River Massacre
This event took place in Idaho. The United States Army attacke the Shoshone Indians. -
Sand Creek Massacre
700 men in the Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. -
Pratt Boarding School
Created by Richard Henry Pratt. This allowed Indians to go to school and get an education. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Was an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, saying that the Lakota owns the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. -
Completion of Trans-Cont R.R.
This railroad was 1.907 miles of contiguous railroad. This connected the western United States to the Pacific Coast. -
Great Sioux War
Also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations involving the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. As gold was discovered in the Black Hills, people began to move onto Indian lands. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was a war between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
Capture of Nez Perce
He avoided capture once but couldn't avoid it the next time around. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Occurred near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. -
Turner Thesis
The thesis about the frontier by Frederick Jackson Turner, commonly called the frontier thesis, has to do with the American national character. Other topics that relate are the safety valve and successive frontiers.
