-
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is in charge of over 500 tribes and Alaskan communities. They even created schools for them to learn our culture. -
Indian removal act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Cheyenne Uprising
The cheyenne had agreed to the fort wise treaty in 1861 to move to the sand creek reservation, but the land was very poor and survival for the indians was virtually impossible, so in 1863, faced with starvation, they attacked wagons and stole food. -
sand creek nmassacre
An armed force attacked sand creek in cheyene camp, this was punishment for the raids on wagon trains. -
Fetterman Massacre
In an attempt to stop American military presence, the Indians decided to fight back. The Indians killed eighty soldiers and fetterman in the fetterman massacre. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Between the U.S. government and the Sioux nation, The U.S. recognized the black hills as part of the Great Sioux reservation. -
completion of the trans-continental railroad
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. -
Indian Appropriations Act
This was several acts passed by the United States Congress. One act in 1851, one in 1871, one in 1885, and one in 1889. -
Desert Land Act
This law was created to encourage and promote economic developement. This act amended the Homestead act. -
Capture of Nez Perce
On October 5, 1877, Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This effectively ended the Nez Perce War of 1877. -
pratt boarding school
On November 1, 1879, he founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the first of many nonreservation boarding schools for Native Americans. Pratt did not regard his innovations at Fort Marion as limited to Native Americans only. -
Bill Codys "wild west Show"
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show on May 19, 1883 at Omaha, Nebraska -
Dawes Act
Indians were removed from there land and taken to reservations. -
Wounded knee massacre
A group of soldiers opened fire on a group of Sioux at the Pine Ridge reservation in Wounded Knee Creek killing 153 Indian men, women and children. -
Turner Thesis
The turner thesis or frontier thesis was the idea that American democracy was formed by the American frontier.
