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Bureau of Indian Affairs
It is responsible for the administration and management of 55,700,00 acres of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized the President to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi river in exchange for their homelands. -
Comstock Lode
Silver Ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Nevada. -
Homestead Act
It gave someone the ownership of land, at little or no cost. It was signed into law in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln. -
Little Crow's War
The Sioux had moved into a reservation that had poor land and crops failed. In August 1862 they attacked the government agency. -
Dakota War of 1862
Also known as the Sioux Uprising. Was an armed conflict between the U.S. and several bands of the eastern Sioux. -
Cheyenne Uprising
The cheyenne had agreed by the terms of the Fort Wise Treaty 1861 to move into the Sand Creek Reservation. In 1863, faced with starvation, they began to attack wagon trains and steal food. -
Red Cloud's War
Armed conflict. The war was fought over control of the Powder River Country in north-central Wyoming. -
Fetterman Massacre
Indians in Northern Wyoming killed Lieutenant Colonel William Fetterman, along with 80 of his soldiers. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Agreement between the U.S. and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brule bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. -
Completion of Trans-Cont R.R.
Was 1,907 miles long. Connected the Pacific coast with the Eastern coast. -
Indian Appropriations Act
According to this act, no longer was any group of Indians in the United States recognized as an independent nation by the Federal Government. -
Camp Grant, AZ Apache massacre
It was an attack on Pinal and Aravapia Apaches who later surrendered to the U.S. Army at Camp Grant, Arizona. -
The Lakota War
Because of the influx of gold miners to the Black Hills of South Dakota, war broke out when the native followers of Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse left there reservations. -
Great Sioux War
As gold was discoverd in the Black Hills, more people began to intrude onto the Indians land. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The U.S. 7th cavalry, force of 700 men, suffered a severe defeat. The total U.S. casualty count, was 268 dead, 55 injured. -
Capture of Nez Perce
It was an armed conflict between several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the palouse tribe, and bald head, against the US army. -
Desert Land Act
It encouraged and promoted the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western States. -
Battle of Lincoln
Five day long gun fight, the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War. Toke place at Old West at Lincoln, New Mexico. -
Pratt Boarding School
First federally funded off-reservation Indian boarding school. -
A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
A book published in 1881 showing the experiences of Native Americans and focusing on injustices. -
Billy the Kid
He was shot by lawman Pat Garratt. -
Capture of Geronimo
In 1886 Geronimo surrendered to the United States. He surendered as a prisoner of war. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifles esculated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of there own soldiers. -
Forest Reserve Act
A law that allowed the President to set aside forest reserves from the land in public domain. -
Bill Cody's "Wild West Show"
The shows introduced many western performers and personalities, and a romanticized version of the American Old West, to a wide audience. -
Turner Thesis
The argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American Frontier. -
Carey Act
Allowed private companies in the U.S. to profit from the sales of water. -
Sand Creek Massacre
A 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in Southeastern Colorado Territory.
