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1st Treaty of Fort Laramie
the Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851 defined boundaries between Indian tribes of the northern Great Plains. (See Map 1.) The tribes that signed the treaty in 1851 agreed to
allow travelers, railroad surveyors, and construction workers to enter tribal lands safely;
allow the government to establish posts and roads;
pay for any wrongdoing of their people;
select head chiefs to deal with U.S. government agents;
cease fighting with other tribes. -
long walk of the Navajo Indians
Navajo captives under U.S. Army guard at Fort Sumner, Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, circa 1864–1868. The forced removal of the Navajo, which began in January 1864 and lasted two months, came to be known as the "Long Walk." -
Fetterman Massacre, Dec 21, 1866
December 21, 1866 marked the most successful battle of this War (and ever fought by an Indian nation against the United States) - history remembers it as Fetterman's Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred Slain. -
Second Treaty of Fort Laramie
Second Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. However, after a U.S. military expedition under George A. Custer discovered gold in the Black Hills in 1874, -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. -
Publication of A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
The book tells the story of seven of the principal tribes: Delaware, the Cheyennes, the Ne Perces, the Sioux the Poncas the Winnebagoes and the Cherokees. The book uses US government reports showing how the Native Americans were treated poorly. She showed how the government did not honor any of its agreements. -
Sitting Bull surrenders to U.S. Army and goes to Standing Rock Reservation
Five years after General George A. Custer’s infamous defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Hunkpapa Teton Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army, which promises amnesty for him and his followers. Sitting Bull had been a major leader in the 1876 Sioux uprising that resulted in the death of Custer and 264 of his men at Little Bighorn. Pursued by the U.S. Army after the Indian victory, he escaped to Canada with his followers. source www.history.com -
Dawes Severalty/General Allotment Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887), authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans. -
Beginning of the Ghost Dance Movement
The basis for the Ghost Dance is the circle dance, a traditional dance done by many Native Americans. The Ghost Dance was first practiced by the Nevada Northern Paiute in 1889. ... Practice of the Ghost Dance movement was believed to have contributed to Lakota resistance to assimilation under the Dawes Act. -
Sitting Bull performs in Wild West Show with Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull performed together in Wild West shows that toured the U.S. and Europe, and forged what would become a very strange friendship. -
Massacre at Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota -
Sitting Bull’s Death at Standing Rock Reservation
December 15, 1890 (aged 58–59) Standing Rock Indian Reservation Grand River, South Dakota
