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Sioux Treaty
To bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory -
Native American Treatment
Broken promises, forced removal from tribal lands, murderous conflict bordering on genocide and an adamant refusal to respect basic human rights -
Reservation System
A policy in which the U.S. government forced Native Americans to live on designated plots of land, called reservations, to control them and make room for white settlers -
Wounded Knee Occupation
Approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. -
The Dawes Act
regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, it authorized the President of the United States -
Wounded Knee and Ghost Dances
The 7th Cavalry killed over 250 Lakota, primarily unarmed women, children, and elders, at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890. -
How Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ Through Assimilation
The US forced the Native Americans to move out west of the misspssippi to make room for the expansion with the indian removal act. U.S. attempts to either kill, remove or assimilate Native Americans. -
Indian Citizenship Act,
A piece of legislation that granted full U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born within the United States, regardless of their tribal affiliation, essentially giving them the same rights and privileges as other citizens -
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and some other government agencies to enter into contracts with, and make grants directly to, federally recognized Indian tribes. -
National Museum of American Indians
The American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. The museum has three facilities.