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The Homestead Act
In 1862 Congress passed the Homestead Act, which gave 160 free acres of land to a setttler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Sioux, along with Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, staged a series of attacks from 1865 to 1867. The bloodest incident happend on December, 1866. A Sioux military leader, Crazy Horse, acted as a decoy and lured the troops into a deadly trap. Hes tricked the fort's commander into sending a detachment of about 80 soldiers in pursuit, hndreds of warriors were waiting to ambush them. -
Discorery of 1874
The government explored the land of the Black Hills. They found gold in the hills. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
In the Black Hills, the government promised that no whites would enter but gold was discovered, leading propecters swarmed into the area, angering Native Americans. Sioux warriors were waiting for the U.S. troops and George Custer. Fighting broke out and Custer and his entire command are killed by the Native Americans. -
Ghost Dance
A way th Sioux expressed their culture thats was being destroyed. As the ritual spread, rservation officials became alarmed. They came to arrest him and in the scuffle they shot him. -
Wounded Knee
The US army went to collect the Sioux weapons. A fight started but nobody knew. Intill a pistol shot rang out the army responded with fire. More than 2000 Sioux and 25 soldiers were killed.
