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Reservation System
created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle. -
Sioux Treaty
report by the congressional committee led to an act to establish an Indian Peace Commission to end the wars and prevent future Indian conflicts. The United States government set out to establish a series of Indian treaties that would force the Indians to give up their lands and move further west onto reservations. -
Dawes act
authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
While attempting to disarm the Sioux, a shot was fired and a scuffle ensued. The US army soldiers opened fire on the Sioux, indiscriminately massacring hundreds of men, women, and children