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the federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Planes as one enormous reservation or land set aside for Native Americans.
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however the government changed its policy and created treaties the defined specific boundaries for Native american tribes.
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it ran directly through Sioux hunting grounds In the Bighorn mountains. They closed the Bozeman Trail and the Sioux agreed to live on the trail.
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they assumed they were under the protection of the us government had peacefully returned to Colorado sand Creek reserve for the winter.One of the most tragic events happened in 1864
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The Bozeman Trail ran directly through Sioux hunting grounds in the Big Horn mountains. the warrior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. fetterman and his company lodge at Trail Ridge. Over 80 soldiers were killed. Native Americans called this fight The Battle Of Hundred Slain. Whites called it the Fetterman massacre.
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In 1874 when colonel George A. Custer reported that the Black Hills had Gold from the grass roots down, a gold rush was on.
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War broke out yet again as the Kiowa and Comanche engaged in six years of raiding that finally led to the red River war of 1874-1875
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In early June of 1876 the Sioux and Cheyenne held a sun dance during which sitting bull had a vision falling from there horse. Led by Crazy Horse ,Gall, and sitting bull the warriors with raised spears and rifles. Out flagged and crushed Custers troops. within an hour Custer and all of the men of the seventh Cavalry were dead.
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Aiming to Americinize The Native American. The act broke up reservation and gave some of the reservation land to individual Native Americas. Sold the remainder of land to settlers.
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they had slaughtered around 300 people they were unarmed and kids were killed. there were over 350 freezing and starving people taken to a camp called the Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota.
