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Indian Removal Act
A bill requested by Andrew Jackson to relocate all Indian Tribes in the east to the lands west of the Mississippi. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie (Treaty of 1851)
Treaty between the United States and the Representatives of the Natives. The treaty declared a halt to the fighting between tribes, that the travlers on the oregon trail receive a safe passage, and lastly territorial boundaries were to be established for the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota. -
Grattan Masscre (Morman Cow Incident)
An event that helped to ignite a war, a cow wandered into a Lakota camp. The cow was killed by a Lakota hunter and was then distrubuted to the nearby elders of the village. The owner of the cow was frustrated and called for immediate action to be taken on the one resposible for the death of the cow. Lt. John Grattan marched to the camp with 30 men demanding that the theif be apprehended. The camp refused and the soldiers opened fire. The Lakota natives rhunted down and killed the soldiers. -
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Civil War
Civil war in the United States between the secession states, the Confederate and the states that supported the federal government, the Union. -
Fetterman Massacre
Otherwise known to the natives as the Battle of a hundred at hand, was an organized ambush on Captain Fetterman led by Crazy horse and his decoys. Captain Fetterman and his troops were lured into an open field where Lakota, Cheyenne, and Aparaho warriors were waiting to ambush Fetterman and his troops. In less than an hour Fetterman and his 80 men were killed. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie (Treaty of 1868)
Guaranteed the ownership of the black hills to the natives and access to the hunting grounds in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. -
Transcontinental Railroad Complete
The Transcontinental Railroad sytem was finally complete and the golden spike was put into place. -
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Slaughter of the Buffalo
Buffalo were slaughtered by big game sports hunters and trade merchants. -
U.S. obtained black hills
The United States obtained the native land of the Black Hills. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Slaughter of men, women, and children when the 7th cavalry approached a Lakota camp and a shot was fired. Plenty of the natives died reaching 300 and 25 troops were wounded or killed.
