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The 'Long Walk' of the Navajo Indians
The forced removal of Navajo Indians which began in august 1864 and lasted a long time. Eventually came to be known as the 'Long Walk. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands. It was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866. -
2nd treaty of fort laramie
The Second Treaty of Fort Laramie had guaranteed to the Lakota and Dakota Sioux as well as the Arapaho Indians exclusive possession of the Dakota territory. Also west of the Missouri River,
there was white miners in search of gold on settling land. -
1st treaty of fort laramie
The Treaty of Fort Laramie was an agreement of the United States and the Lakota people Nation. Then there was a failure of the first Fort Laramie treaty, signed in 1851. -
Battle of little big horn
The Battle of Little Bighorn known for the Lakota and other Plain Indians. As the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand. -
Helen hunt Jackson
n 1881 Helen Hunt Jackson published the book "Century of Dishonor" in which she outlined all the inequities perpetrated against the Indians. Jackson's book was well received and Congress appointed a commission to look into Indian affairs. -
Buffalo bill's wild west show
Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill are in a show called buffalo bill and the Indians Buffalo Bill and he's on horseback his arm is raised, and he holds his hat in his hand when the star spangled banner is played. Cowboys and Indians parade around him, also on horseback. -
Dawes Severalty/General Allotment Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. Also all of the Indians had to suffer because the land was theirs. -
Sitting bull surrenders
In 1890 the U.S. Indian Agent at Standing Rock Agency feared that the Lakota leader was about to flee the reservation with the Ghost Dancers. He was scared so he ordered the police to arrest him. -
The ghost dance movement
The Ghost Dance movement was a manifestation of Native Americans had fear and anger. After a few years, the Northern Paiute Ghost Dancers became disillusioned. -
Sitting bulls death
After the Battle of the Little Bighorn Sitting Bull and his followers fled to safety but he died. So basically he was killed by his own soldier when he misfired and accidentally shot him. -
Massacre at wounded knee
So what happened was native Americans by U.S. soldiers in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. By 1890, the Plains Indians had lost the struggle to defend their territory and way of life against the expansionist United States.
