The 1860’s brought hardship between whites and Indians. As our people slowly moved into the tribe’s land‚ no friendship was bound to be created. Little by little‚ we nudged the Indians into a limited area of land where they felt the need to fight back. Included in this retaliation was three massacres. The bloodiest battle according to the rest of the US military that was not murdered‚ was titled the Fetterman Massacre. The last two Massacres took place in territories such as Colorado and Missouri
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Mississippi at Vicksburg. The Atchafalaya River in Louisiana is a major distributary of the Mississippi. The Mississippi river flows with history. The area of the Mississippi valley was first settled by Native American tribes‚ such as the Cheyenne‚ Sioux‚ Ojibwe‚ Potawatomi‚ Ho-Chunk‚ Fox‚ Kickapoo‚ Tamaroa‚
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Members of the Sioux Tribe felt that their culture had been destroyed. Financially dependent on the US government for their annuities‚ they were not able to support themselves by hunting buffalo. Ghost Dance offered hope‚ believed that if everyone followed the Ghost Dance rituals that their culture‚ and power would be restored and then the white people would leave. US troops felt threatened by large gatherings of Sioux men and their families. US troops fired on a group of Sioux gathered for the
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The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier The culture of the Plains Indians declines as white settlers transform the Great Plains. Meanwhile‚ farmers form the Populist movement to address their economic concerns. Next Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier SECTION 1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie SECTION 2 Settling on the Great
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Buffalo‚ and many acts such as the Dawes act and Homestead. The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29‚ 1980‚ near Wounded Knee Creek on an Indian Reservation. It was a battle between U.S. military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians. This battle resulted in the deaths of 300 Sioux men‚ women‚ and children. The massacre
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by half because of disease and as the Sioux pushed west‚ they defeated weaker opposition. Cheyenne warrior anguished‚ disease shifted balance of power | 2.|Explain the Indian wars on the Great Plains:Ø It marked its last resistance of its population devastated by disease and demoralized by the removal policy pursued by the government. Some tribes including the crow‚ Arikara‚ Pawnee and Shoshoni fought alongside US army against their own enemies‚ the Sioux. In 1877 the army issued an ultimatum come
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Chapters 17-20 #2. How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government actions? Intro: Talk about American ideals; Expansionism‚ Nationalism Previous events of the first half of the nineteenth century: Louisiana Purchase → Prophet and Tecumseh‚ religious and violent revolt‚ 1808 on fought‚ War of 1812 Indians help the British (Battle of Thames) Jackson (INDIAN HATER)‚ Mexican American war‚ Improvements
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integral part of the west; without them the West would not be successful. The distance of the west from the rest of the country was large and the only way to reach the west was through a long‚ tiresome journey by wagon. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 paved the way for the expansion of the railroads. The Act gave companies land to build railroads. The faster the company built the railroad‚ the faster they could get more land‚ which they usually sold for profit later on. The construction of the railroad
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Montana-Wyoming line in the Yellowstone Valley (Heidenreich‚ 1985). Yellowstone Valley is an isolated area that the Indian tribes would visit but as whites would deplete surrounding resources the Indians where forced into the Valley. The Crow and Sioux reservations joined in the valley‚ making the hunting grounds a joint area for
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property rights assured‚ more settlers moved to the plains. It was very difficult there. C.) The Homestead Act occurred in 1862. D.) The Homestead Act took place in the Great Plains. 3. Id the Battle of Wounded Knee. A.) The American Indians and the United States troops were involved in the Battle of Wounded Knee. B.) General Custer’s old regiment put together the Sioux and took them to Wounded Knee after sitting bull had died. The soldiers made the Native Americans give up their weapons
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