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Sioux Treaty of 1868
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. This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory. -
Dawes Act of 1887
The objective of the Dawes Act was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions. -
Wounded Knee
A gun was discharged and soldiers opened fire. When the shooting stopped, hundreds of Lakota men and women were dead. -
The Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems