-
Spanish brought horses to New Mexico
Native American's way of life began to change, they aquired horses and guns, making traveling and hunting more efficient. -
Tribes left farms on Great Plains
Tribes left farms to roam the plains and hunt buffalo. -
Federal Government created a policy on Native American land.
An act was passed that designated the entire great plains as one enormous reservation. -
Government created treaties
These treaties defined boundaries for each tribe on the Great Plains. -
Discovery of gold in Colorado
Drew tens of thousands of miners to the region. -
Battle of the Hundred Slain
The war-ior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge and over 80 soldiers were killed. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Sioux Tribe agreed to live on a reservation along the Mississippi River. The treaty was forced on the Sioux because the leader, Sitting Bull, had never signed it. -
Attack on Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Killed over 150 Native Americans, mostly women and childern under General S.R. Curtis' commands.