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Native Americans

By hanna gröndahl

  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    Cherokee Indians are forced to walk to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The president Andrew Jackson was a reason that more than 4,000 people died.

  • The Battle of Big Horn

    The Battle of Big Horn
    General Custer dies in the Battle of Big Horn with the Lakota Sioux.
    General George Armstrong Custer and his troops killed in a battle with the Lakota Sioux.

  • The Wounded Knee Massacre

    The Wounded Knee Massacre
    Over than 300 Lakota Sioux Indians, mostly women and children died.

  • Robert Latham Owen

    Robert Latham Owen
    Robert Latham Owen, a Cherokee Indian, becomes the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate.

  • Sacheen Littlefeather makes a speech for Marlon Brando.

    Sacheen Littlefeather makes a speech for Marlon Brando.
    Sacheen Littlefeather makes a speech at the Academy Awards for Marlon Brando.
    In protest of the treatment of Native Americans in the movie industry, Marlon Brando sends an Indian. Brando won the Oscar for his role in the movie "The Godfather."

  • The Catholic Church for the first Native American

    The Catholic Church for the first Native American
    Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian in the 17th century, becomes the first Native American saint for the Catholic Church.