History Timeline (Native Americans)

By Jupiter1

  • The Homestead Act

    The Homestead Act encouraged settlers to move west and get free land that the Native Americans previously lived on.

  • Fetterman Fight

    Crazy Horse and other Sioux warriors killed 81 soldiers because they didn’t want to move to the reservations.

  • Gold was Discovered at a Reservation

    Gold was discovered at Black Hills, and the government took control of the area.

  • The Dawes General Allotment Act

    This act took lots of Native American reservation land.

  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Over 150 Native Americans were killed in this massacre in response to a religious group being created by the Native Americans