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Sand Creek
Colorado volunteers killed over 200 Chyenne -
Treaty of Medicind Lodge Creek
Tried to force Plains people to give up their authority as free nations -
"Buffalo War"
The final attempt by several Native American groups to protect Buffalo -
Sioux Reservation
Custer and 210 soldiers died in what is known at the Battle of the little Bighorn -
A Century of Dishonor
a book that described the plight of Native Americans and criticized the government's treatment of them -
Geronimo and Band Apaches
Geronimo and his band Apaches surrendered to the government -
Dawes Act
gave individual Native Americans 160 acres of land to farm -
Wounded Knee Creek
Killing 25 soldiers and more than 200 men, women, and childern. -
Curtis Act
Congress passed the Curtis Act, mandating the allotment of lands in Indian territory and ending tribal authority.