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Fort Laramie Treaty

Treaty that was signed to show how the Black Hills were for the Native people and Americans would only use as a bridge to go to California.

Fort Wise Treaty OF 1861

Colorado and Nevada officially claimed by “Great Father” (Abraham Lincoln). Only 6 of the 40 chiefs signed (Black Kettle of the Chyenne and others.) Indians who do not sign the treaty and/or leave Sand Creek reservation are considered “hostile”.

Chivington Massacre of 1864

Over 160 Indians were killed (⅔ were women and children) when the men from the tribe were sent to gather food.

Fettermen Massacre Of 1868

All 80 U.S. soldiers were killed and there were an estimated 2,000 native Americans

Treaty of 1868

Ended conflict (temporarily) and forced closure of U.S forts along trails. Indians were forced onto reservations in present - day Oklahoma (Indian Territory). Gave the Sioux the Black Hills in present-day South Dakota.

The Battle of Little Bighorn

Custer fights Crazy Horse over the black hills, Custard loses and the Sioux, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull. Hollow won because Bison weren’t coming back, their leader fled the country, they were getting hunted down and killed. One of the most people in their tribe, Crazy Horse, got hunted down and killed.

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

Where a man named William Cody would have a show where he reenacted things that happened in the past and made fun of Indians in the shows and make them look stupid.

The Ghost Dance

Religious dance that made the Native Americans think it’s going to rain and flood the entire Earth and the anglos will be drowned and the Native Americans will float above the water. The dance also gave them hope and they were told to do it by Wakan Tanka. It also made them believe other things like their dead ancestors coming back and stuff.

Wounded Knee Massacre

Soldiers open fire on the Indians killing indiscriminately then they threw the Indians into a ditch.

Dawes Act

authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the area into allotments for the individual Indian or household

Sitting Bull

Leader of the Sioux who left them with a few tribe members to Canada then he came back and got put in jail for 2 years then released since he agreed to be obedient and not cause problems for America. Then got in trouble for not stopping the Ghost Dance. He died in 1890 when being arrested because he got shot in the head by accident.

Crazy Horse

Leading Sioux leader who was seeking revenge for Chivington Massacre

Wovoka

Creates the religious Ghost Dance to help inspire and give hope to the Indian tribes on the reservations.

George Armstrong Custer

Civil War veteran who gained national attention on the Western frontier, he was sent to map excursions in the West. Then was killed over the Black Hills

William Cody

Man who invented Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and teamed up with Sitting Bull to mock Indians for the entertainment of anglos.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Activist for the Native Americans who got into heated arguments with the federal government and exposed them for things with documents and other things.