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Reservations Lands reserved for Native Americans were given by the government.
Sand Creek Massacre 1864 attack where U.S. soldiers killed many Native Americans there were 675 U.S soldiers led by John Chivington - they slaughtered 150–230 people
Sitting Bull Sioux chief who was resistant against the US government taking their land.
Battle of Little BigHorn Battle of 1874 where Sioux & Cheyenne warriors defeated US troops
Chief Joseph Chief of the Nez Peres tribe. He tried to escape to Canada but was caught at the border and returned to his reservation
Wounded Knee Battle 1890 took place in South Dakota, Wounded Knee Creek. The US Army Killed 300 Native Americans. Mostly unarmed women and children
Assimilate Adopt another cultures valued as your own
Dawes General Allotment Act Gave individuals huge amounts of land to get them to leave the reservations and assimilate to US culture. Enforced boarding school
Vigilante Self-appointed law enforcement officers Ex - Wyatt Earp
Land Grant Large areas of land given to the individual or companies to build railroads and towns
Open Range Unfenced public lands in the West where cattle roamed freely, long cattle drive, branding of livestock
Homestead Act 1862- free land (160 acres) was given to people to settle and farm the land. Had to live there for 5 years. It was very isolating, lonely, and hard
Pueblos Southwest Indian Tribe
Sioux Northwestern US
Navajos Largest Native group of the Southwest
Boarding Schools Native American children were sent to school to assimilate. They were not treated well at all! Abused! Ex. Carlisle - Pennsylvania
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