Wishvena Carroll - [Template] Native Americans - student

Winchester

The ________ Repeating Rifle- very accurate and could fire.

Joseph McCoy

________- 29 years old, bought 450 acres with some cabins for $ 5.

Bull

1881- Sitting ________ surrendered after returning from Canada.

stampedes

Lightning storms- caused ________.

Chivington

________- The Chivington Massacre (also called the Sand.

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

________ led the 7th.

The tribe split into 2 groups

one

The Cheyenne (Colorado)

Miners had forced the Cheyenne into

Chivington

The Chivington Massacre (also called the Sand

Creek Massacre)

November 29, 1864

1865

over 15,000,000 buffalo were on the Great Plains

1886

only 600_ buffalo were on the Great Plains

The Winchester Repeating Rifle

very accurate and could fire

d.) Demand for buffalo hides

used for harnesses, furniture,

1872-1876

9 million buffalo were killed

"Custers Last Stand" (June 25, 1876)

The Battle of Little Bighorn_

at the age of 23 (the youngest in U.S. History)

had returned to

Sitting Bull (Tatanka Lotanka)

overall leader of the

Crazy Horse (Tashunka Witka)

great military leader

Reaction

the battle had a great impact on U.S. views of N.A

c.) 1877

Crazy Horse surrendered and was killed at Ft. Robinson

1881

Sitting Bull surrendered after returning from Canada

C.) Battle of Wounded Knee  (South Dakota)

Dec. 29,1890

Lakota women and children were also killed

some had ran

1869

Sending Native American children to boarding schools

Form of kidnapping

children were taken against the

Children will be taught English

hoped that the children

emotional abuse

disease; malnourishment; overcrowding;

Act would give Native Americans land

divide the

Male head of families

 160 acres each

Women and bachelors

80 acres each

successful

if they were successful, they would be

Whites

79

African Americans

75

Asian Americans

87

Hispanic Americans

84

Native Americans

73

Centered around the Texas Longhorn

mix of Spanish and

Could be panicked easily

only negative

Joseph McCoy

29 years old, bought 450 acres with some cabins for $5

Abilene)

1,000 miles

Overgrazing

caused an inferior grade of cattle (beef) and

Lightning storms

caused stampedes

Texas__ Fever

Longhorn cattle brought a germ, that they were

_Barbed Wire

began to appear on the Chisholm Trail in 1876, which poked cows

Also severe droughts in those 2 summers

dried up streams

Civil War

By the _______, there were approximately 225,000 N.A. on
the Great Plains

horses

Also, it became easier to hunt buffalo because _______ were more
available. Before the horse was used, N.A. hunted buffalo by
foot, or were farmers.

Transcontinental Railroad

Plans for building the ____________ meant that the
best route had to be mapped out, which caused whites to
travel through this region.

Oregon

The U.S. army had built forts along the _________ Trail to protect
settlers moving west.

Reservations

Native Americans had signed treaties that placed them within
certain boundaries, which eventually led to _____________

Minnasota

The Sioux (Minnesota, Wyoming, Montana) and the Dakotas:
Fighting began in 1862 when 5 whites were killed by a
group of young Sioux. The tribe split into 2 groups: one
group retreated, but the other group attacked, killing
hundreds of white settlers. In response, 38 Sioux were
put to death and the Sioux were forced to leave __________.

Cheyenne

The __________ (Colorado): Miners had forced the Cheyenne into
the Sand Creek Reserve (southeastern Colorado)

600

1865 - over 15,000,000 buffalo were on the Great Plains
1886 - only _______ buffalo were on the Great Plains

Black Hills

By 1868, the Sioux were located in the _______ (South Dakota/
Wyoming border)

Little Bighorn

“Custer’s Last Stand” (June 25, 1876) - The Battle of _________
Bighorn (named after the Little Bighorn River)

Wounded Knee

Battle of ____________________ (South Dakota) - Dec. 29,1890

Assimilation

The U.S. gov’t decided that Native Americans needed
___________ (the immersion into “American Culture”)

hair

Children had their ____ cut similar to white children

English

Children were given __________ sounding names

boarding

Eventually there were 408 federal “Indian” _____ schools
that were in use up to 1969

25 years

Native Americans were given _______ to become
successful - if they were successful, they would be
given the title to the land

poverty

Native Americans have a higher rate of addiction today then
any other group, have a higher _______ rate and a higher
suicide rate

Texas

_____ Fever - Longhorn cattle brought a germ, that they were

Barbed

______ Wire - began to appear on the Chisholm Trail in 1876, which poked cows