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Trail of Tears
In the year 1830, The U.S. government passed the Indian Removal Act, which allowed for the president to negotiate with Natives for their land. In the years to follow, President Andrew Jackson violated the terms of this act and instead directly forced thousands of Natives off their land for the gain of the United States. In the fall of 1838, many groups of about 1,000 Natives began to move west from their home towards the reservations set out for them by the government. The groups of Natives woul -
Manifest Destiny
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Massacre at Sand Creek
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Bozeman Trail, Fetterman Massacre, Treaty of Fort Laramie
The American expansion west was not without trails for the settlers to travel on. One of these trails was the Bozeman Trail. The Bozeman Trail ran directly through a Native American hunting ground. As a result of this, many small skirmishes took place along this trail, one of these was the fetterman Massacre, where Crazy Horse and his warriors killed 80 of William J. Fetterman’s soldiers. In an attempt to end the skirmishes, the U.S. government forged to Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Bozeman Trail -
Red Cloud War
Between 1866 and 1868, a war raged for control of the Powder River Country. This war is referred to as the Red Cloud War, named after the Sioux Leader, Red Cloud. The Natives would battle Americans attempting to settle in the Powder River Country in Montana for two years in order to keep them out. The lure of this area was the gold that was discovered there. The overall outcome of the conflict was a victory for Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, who fought alongside him in the war, but this victory woul -
Custer's Last Stand
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Geronimo
Geronimo was a Native American tribe leader who fought both the Mexican army and the American army to protect his home. After years of fighting in wars, he finally surrendered to American troops in 1886. Once he had been captured by the Americans, he would end up spending the final two decades of his life as a prisoner of war, finally dying in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He spent his life fighting off settlers from both America and Mexico and died believing in his cause. -
Dawes Act
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Ghost Dancing
In 1890, Wovoka, and Native American religious leader, began a religious movement among the tribes known as Ghost Dancing. This practice was meant to reunite the spirits of the living and the dead to bring peace, prosperity, and unity to the people of the tribes. The practice originated in the Nevada Paiute but quickly swept across western America, being adopted by Native Tribes all along the plains, even reaching the state of California. The ritual would change with each society it was brought -
Battle of Wounded Knee
