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Date of fort laramie treaty northern plains

1851

Details of of fort laramie treaty northern plains

-treaty made where most plains tribes agreed to limitations on their hunting grounds

-meant the sioux were to keep north of the platte river

-meant the cheyenne and arapaho were to keep to the colorado foothills

-the tribes were promised gifts and annual payments

What happened march 1865

congress created a joint comitee to investigate the condition of tribes and treatment by the USA

there was also a comission to approach the sioux tribes of upper missouri

Date of red clouds war of northen plains

1866

Details of red clouds war northen plains

sioux chief led resistance to the armies attempt to build powder river road

-red cloud army men harassed the soldiers so effectively that the road could not be built

-1866 82 soldiers under captain fetterman were killed near fort phil kearny

Date of medicine lodge treaty souther plains

1867

What happened in the medicine lodge treaty

congress set up a peace comission for the plaisn to end fighting

-congress now came up with a plan to concentrate all plains indians into 2 large reservations

-october 1867 conference in kansas meant the kiowa comanche arapaho and cheyenne would accept lands in oklahoma

When was fort laramie treaty in northen plains

1868

What happened at fort laramie treaty in northen plains

-sioux tribes were given a reservation in dakota

-US government offered money and an easy transition

When was grants peace polict

1869

Details of grants peace policy

-1869 congress established new civillian board of indian comissioners ending the division between the department od the inetrior and war department

-grant replaced present indian agents with quakers and protestants to prevent corruption

-one of grants friends colonel ely parker who was indian was appointed head of indian affairs

When was red river war

1874

Details of red river war

-1874 kiowas comanches and cheyennes attacked frieght wagons and trading posts

-us soldiers did the red river war a fierce campaign destroying indian supplies

-this ended native american independace on the southern plains

Date of great sioux war northern plains

1876

Details of great sioux war

fort laramie treaty kept sioux quiet

-some sioux and northern cheyenne opposed reservation system

-sioux indians were unsettled by poor supplies receievd by the USA, advancement of the north pacific railroad threatening  hunting grounds, colonel custers expadition into the black hills 1874 there were miners in sioux lands

Battle of bighorn details

custer found a sioux and cheyenne encampment on the little bighorn river where 8k natives americans had gathered a sioux village was attacked from all directions by custer and then custers army was killed by the village Then more US troops arrived causing the sioux to withdraw

When did sioux surrender and why

1881

Due to lack of ammunition and food