Cpnflict on the Great Plains

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  • Homestead Act of 1862

    Homestead Act of 1862
    This act gave 160 acres of land to settlers who were willing to move west. They had to settle and land and farm it for a period of five years. Single women were also able to take advantage of this, too.

  • Fetterman Massacre

    Fetterman Massacre
    The Fetterman Massacre took place on december 21 1866 in Montana, it involved the sioux and the arpheno warriors, and the army troopers. They were minning gold and they were distracted by a passing indian as they chased him they were attached by many more indians resulting they army lost and the indians won. This is significant because it caused allot of uproars.

  • Discovry Of Gold

    Discovry Of Gold
    Gold was discovered in the black hills of the Dakotas in 1874. George Custer took a troup of soldiers to the hills to confurn the gold. He said it was true. Many many people swormed to the black hills. The miners moving to the black hills angered the indians.

  • Little Bighorn

    Little Bighorn
    The event took place on the Black Hills in Dakota in 1874. It took place between the u.s. army and the Sioux indians. Jenral Custer underestimated the number of indian warrors. The indians had thousands of warriors. Custer had 250 men. Custer and his whole troop. This battle was important to the indians it was a victory.

  • Ghost Dance

    Ghost Dance
    In 1890, the prophet wovoka told the Sioux indians they could become great again if they proformed the ritual Gohosy Dance. As more indians did this dance reservation officals became scarred and banned the Ghost Dance. when the polliece went to arrest sitting bull the indian chief he was shot. The winners of this event was the officers. The signifigance of this event was that the goast dance brough tention between the indians and the whites.

  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee
    On December 29 1890 the us army went to take the indians weapons away from them the indians were gathered at wounded knee in south west south dakota. Fighting broke out no one know how it started more than 200 Sioux and 25 soilders were killed the u.s. army wone the battle. The importants of this event is that it ended the conflict between native americans.