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900 BCE
reservation system
American Indians kept their citizenship in their independents tribes -
native american treatment
bodywork, bone setting, midwifery, naturopathy, hydrotherapy, and botanical and nutritional medicine. -
The Indian Wars and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
the battle marked the beginning of the end of the Indian wars as the remaining tribes were forced to cede their lands and move into the reservations -
Sioux treaty
to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory. -
The Dawes Act
authorized the president to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the member of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals -
assimilation policies
an attempt to destroy traditional Indian cultural identities -
Wounded Knee and Ghost Dances
a religious movement that gave fleeting hope to plains Indians whose lives had been upended by white settlement -
national museum of american indians
fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples