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federal goverment had passed an act that disignated the entire great plains as on enormous reservation or land set aside for native American tribes
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in the north more then 20,000 miles of railroad laid. in the south produced under 10 percent of natural goods.
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Cheyenne thought they where under protection of government. but where attacked on the way back and many where killed or hurt.
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The warrior crazy horse ambushed captain William j Fetterman and his company at lodge trail ridge over 80 soldiers were killed. native Americans called this fight the battle of the hundred slain. whites called it the Fatterman massacre.
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Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri river, was forced on the leaders of the Sioux.
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The U.s Army responded by herding the people of frindly tribes onto reservations while opening fire on all others. 1874 George A. Custer reported that the black hills had gold from the grass roots down
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The Sioux and Cheyenne held a sun dance during which sitting bull had a vision of soldiers and some Native Americans falling from their horses. when colonel Custer and his troops reached the little bighorn river,the Native Americans where ready for them. led by Crazy horse, Gall, and Sitting bull the worirrors with raised spears crushed Custer troops. within hours Custer and all of the men Seventh Cavalry were dead.
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Congress passed the Dawes act aiming to Americanize the Native Americans. The act broke up the reservations and gave some of the reservations land to individual Native Americans 160 acers each.
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The seventh Cavalry Custer's old regiment rounded up about 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to a camp at Wounded knee Creek in South Dakota
