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    Ghost Dance History

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    Indians performing would dawn themselves in “Ghost shirts” detailed with images of eagles and buffalo (EWH‚ Massacre At Wounded Knee‚1890). On June 20‚ 1890‚ Mrs. Z. A. Parker accounted the events that took place at a Ghost Dance at the Pine Ridge reservation‚ describing the environment to have “…a large pine tree in the center‚ which was covered with strips of cloth of

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    homes. The hostility of American Soldiers toward these people led to several tragedies‚ such as the Sand Creek Massacre‚ The Battle of Little Bighorn‚ and The Battle at Wounded Knee. It can be observed that the United States was clearly not‚ in any way‚ shape‚ or form‚ attempting to maintain peace. Insensitivities on behalf of the United States led to several tragedies‚ the Sand Creek Massacre being a major event. On November 29‚ 1864‚ General John Chivington ordered troops to attack Chief Black Kettle

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    key points in the Occupation of Alcatraz‚ noting important details and different actions taken to impact the occupation directly. Using this information as a basis‚ I will then go over relating factors in the occupations of both Winter Dam and Wounded Knee. Other questions asked and answered will be: Did the Occupation of Alcatraz inspire other Native Americans to take action? How? Did other occupations utilize ideas and actions from the Occupation of Alcatraz? II - Mostly online resources‚ with

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    How did the lives of the Native people change in the years between the two video clips? What was Sitting Bull’s role in the Battle of Little Big Horn? What was his final prophecy (hint: it was about himself)? Finally‚ do you think the massacre at Wounded Knee was an accident or deliberate? Why or why not? The West - Discussion: The lives of the native people change in the years between two video clips well in the first video they were forced to surrender they land and forced to live of rations

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    Since the start of The United States of America the colonists and later Americans had to deal with the Natives that were rightfully there first. The federal government’s diplomacy approach with Native Americans during the time periods of 1790 to 1880 and 1880 to 1900 differ in a few ways. During the period of 1790 to 1880 the government participated it removals‚ treaties‚ reservations‚ and even war. In addition‚ the treaties and acts in this time period that the government approached with‚ usually

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    The Western Crossroads

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    Struggle The army also enlisted some American Indians as scouts or as soldier struggling to perform their duties A.1. Sand Creek A.1.a) John M. Chivington- U.S. Army colonel arrived at the camp with 700 Colorado volunteers A.1.b) Sand Creek Massacre-Attack by U.S Army troops in which some 200 peaceful Cheyenne were killed in Colorado A.1.c) To end the fighting the government created a peace commission A.1.d) The following year‚ in a second Treaty of Fort Laramie‚ the Sioux agreed to move to

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    Native American Settlers

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    Indian Wars were series of conflicts between white settler or government of United States and Native Americans. Conflicts started almost immediately after settlers begun to move to the North America and ended in the early 20th century. During this time all the Native Tribes were one by one moved to the reservation where a lot of them live until today. They had to change the way they lived and their culture was almost destroyed. They weren’t prepared for this change and today’s Native Americans have

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    Life was difficult for the Native Americans during the westward expansion of white settlers one example of this was the Indian Removal Act. This act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example

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    Minnesota in 1862 to try and gain lands back lost from land cessions. In a massacre‚ the Dakota managed to kill 500 settlers and Lincoln decided by sending troops from the Civil War to fight the Dakota’s. The Union ended up winning after 6 weeks. 400 were tried and 40 were set to be hung until the missionaries decided to fight for them and had that number reduced to 38‚ the largest hanging in history. Sand Creek Massacre‚ November 29‚ 1864 Gold was found on Cheyenne territory in CO. People tried

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    Honor the Grandmothers

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    most informative and vivid of all the tales in my opinion. The stories she recounted of the massacre at Wounded Knee really gave me a full understanding of what really happened there. There is a vast discrepancy in the version I learned in history class when I was a child versus what Celane described and what I now know to be fact. It was amazing to me that her grandfather‚ Dewey Beard was present at Wounded Knee and passed down the story from generation to generation in such detail. Her ancestry is

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