APUSH Native Americans

Powhatan Uprising

1622 conflict between Virginia settlers and ___ confederacy over encroachment

Pequot Wars

Conflict in New England over land

Metacom’s War

Wampanog leader led resistance against English colonists in King Philip’s War.

Iroquois Confederacy

Group of 6 Native tribes near Great LakesPu

Pueblo Revolt

1680 uprising in Santa Fe, NM against the Spanish to preserve culture

Pontiac’s Rebellion

1763 uprising in the Great Lakes over British policies after French and Indian War

Treaty of Greenville

Agreement ceeding Native land in Ohio to US

Sacagawea

Shoshone interpreter during Lewis and Clark Expedition

Bureau of Indian Affairs

1824 Federal Agency to oversee NA affairs

Trail of Tears

1831-1850 forced relocation of mainly Cherokee natives to Oklahoma

Worcester v. Georgia

1832 SC ruling that states didn’t have power to affect tribes, confirming their sovereignty.

Sand Creek Massacre

1864 brutal attack between US troops on Cheyenne and Arapho inlcuding women and children in CO

Battle of Bighorn

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse battled against Custer (last stand)

Carlisle Indian School

1879-1918 Forced assimiliation of Native children

Dawes Severalty Act

1887 Division of NA reservation into individual plots to force assimilation.

Ghost Dance

spiritial movement aimed at restoring native traditions, but supressed by gov.

Wounded knee massacre

Massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek

Indian Citizenship Act

1924 grant of citizenship to all native americans

indian reorganization act

1934 aimed to reverse assimilation policy and preserving tribal land

navajo code talkers

native americans during wwii to transmit coded messages

Indian Civil Rights Act

1964 extension of constitutional rights to Naatives on reservations

AIM

1969 activist group advocating for native american rights, occupied alcatraz protest

Onedia v. Oneida

SC ruling recognizing native land rights and ordered return to Oneida nation.