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The Gnadenhutten Massacre
In 1782, a group of militiamen from Pennsylvania killed 96 Christianized Delaware Indians -
Reservation System
The Indian reservation system was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle. -
Trail of Tears
Where the Indian tribes were forced to move from there home -
Indian Appropriations Act
established Indian reservations in the territory that would become the states of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas. -
Sioux Treaty
Was a war between the Sioux and the expanders -
Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ Through Assimilation
When the government tried to make Indian's be more American -
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Was the beginning of the end of the Indian Wars. -
The Dawes Act
authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Only those Native Americans who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens. -
The Ghost Dance
During a solar eclipse on January 1, 1889, Wovoka, a shaman of the Northern Paiute tribe, had a vision. Claiming that God had appeared to him in the guise of a Native American and had revealed to him a bountiful land of love and peace -
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.