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Indian Removal Act
Allows U.S. to take Indian lands and relocate Indians west of the Mississippi -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Marked boundaries of Lakota Nation which included the Black Hills -
Battle of Little Bighorn
7th Calvary defeated by Sioux Indians -
Black Hills Act
U.S. took back the Black Hills -
Wovoka creates Ghost Dance
After a vision during a solar eclipse, Wovoka created the Ghost Dance religion. He believed if Indians danced long enough and followed Indian rituals, white men would leave and buffalo would return -
Rations cut to Sioux
U.S. created famine and death for the Sioux by cutting rations to reservations -
Ghost Dance gatherings
Large crowds of Indians gathered which scared white people living near reservations. They believed there would be an Indian uprising. -
Troops at Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge Agency requests 600-700 soldiers at the reservation -
Sioux on Warpath
Report claims Sioux are on the warpath -
Sitting Bull killed
Chief Sitting Bull killed during an arrest attempt -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Many Indians killed by U.S. soldiers -
Mass Grave
Without a ceremony, the dead Indians were buried in a mass grave
