United States and Native American Interaction

  • Indian Removal Act

    To push all indians to the lands west of the Mississippi.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    Trek made by the Cherokee indians
  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession

    The land Mexico gave the US after the Mexican war for 15 million dollars
  • Indian Appropriations Act

    Indian Appropriations Act

    Authorized the creation of legally recognised indian reservations.
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    Sioux Wars

    The long streach of fighting by the Sioux in oder to protect their land from white settlement.
  • Comestock Lode

    Comestock Lode

    A large Gold and Silver mine that was discovered in Nevada.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    Act designed to allot land for settlement to US citizens
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    The Massacre that occured at Sand Creek killing 148 indians
  • Joseph McCoy creates the cattle shipping company in Abilene

    Joseph McCoy creates the cattle shipping company in Abilene

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    Chisholm Trail used

    The trail used to herd cattle to Abilene from Texas for shipping to Chicago.
  • Transcontinental Railroad finished

    Transcontinental Railroad finished

    Transcontinental Railroad finished in Promoontory Point, Utah.
  • Barbed Wire invented

    Barbed Wire invented

    Joseph Glidden creates first mass produced version of Barbed wire.
  • Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    The Battle at little Big Horn that killed many US soldiers in a foolish attack on an Indian encampment
  • Nez Perce War begins

    Nez Perce War begins

    The war fought by the Nez Perce in order to escape to Canada
  • Carlisle School Founded

    Carlisle School Founded

    A boarding school created to transform the young indians into white society.
  • Century of Dishonor first published

    Century of Dishonor first published

    Book written by Helen Hunt Jackson about Native American and US Government interaction.
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    An act designed to break apart tribe lands and give land to individual families instead.
  • Ghost Dance Movement begins

    Ghost Dance Movement begins

    A young Piute named Wovoka starts a religios movement that canges a culture.
  • Sitting Bull Killed

  • Wounded Knee massacre

    Wounded Knee massacre

    The massacre at wounded knee that marks the end of the long fighting between Sioux and US government