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Bureau of Indan Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the U.S. Government. The agency is responsible for the administration and management of 55,700,000 acres of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the U.S., Alaska tribes, and Native American Tribes. The Bureau of Indian Affairs enhances life, and improve trust assets. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. This law 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 ancestral homelands. A few tribes went peacefully but many resisted. It changed their way of life, and how they lived. -
Indian Appropriations Act
The Indian Appropriations Act alloted funds to move western tribes onto reservations. Brown thought the it should be a country addapted to agriculture. This Act changed the way the Natives lived. -
Comstock Lode
The Comstrock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, it was the first major discovery of silver ore in the U.S. -
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney, also know as Bill the Kid, was a gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier in the American Old West -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant owner of land, at little or no cost. This act usually granted 160 acres. -
Little Crow's War
Little Crow's War was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of eastern Sioux. The war took place in Minnesota, on the Dakota Territory. The war resulted in a United States victory. -
Cheyenne Uprising
The Cheyenne Uprising had agreed by the terms of the Fort Wise Treaty 1861 to move onto the Sand Creek Reservation. The land of Sand Creek was very poor and basically unliveable for the Indians. This caused the Indians to face starvation, and in 1863 the began to attack wagon trains and steal food. The act changed the way the Indians lived and made them suffer. -
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a park known for its waterfalls, sights, and high elevations. The park was protected in 1864. -
Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most infamous occurrences during the Indian War. During the gold rush, thousands of white setttlers moved into the foothills. This angered the Cheyenne and the Arapaho and it brought tension to a boiling point. The Indians ended up surrendering. -
Red Cloud's War
The Red Clouds War was a conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho. The war was fought over control of the Powder River Country in Wyoming. The Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho came out with a victory. -
Cattle Drives
Cattle drives involved cowboys on horseback moving herds of cattle long distances to market. Eventually the movement of cattle ended due to the closing of the Open Range. Farmers put up barbed wire so they had no where to go. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Massacre was a fight during Red Clouds War between the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians and the soldiers of the United States army. 81 men under the command of William Fetterman were killed by the Indians. The battle resulted in an Indian victory, and a withdrawl of the U.S. Army. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
The Treaty of Fort Laramie guaranteed to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights In this treaty the U.S. included all Ponca lands in the Great Souix Reservation. This treaty changed who settled on land areas. -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 and it allow safer and quicker traveling for traverlers. The Transcontinental Railroad went coast to coast at a span of 1,907 miles. The railroad was build between 1863 and 1869 and made things much easier for travelers. -
Camp Grant, AZ Apache Massacre
The Camp Grant massacre was an attack on Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the United States. The massacre led to a series of battles. -
The Lakota War
The Lakota war was a series of battles also called the Great Sioux War. These battles were against the U.S. Army over the Native American land. They United States won the wars, and limited Native American Land, and created reservations. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn was an engagement between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes against the U.S. Army. The Indian tribes came out with the victory over the U.S. Army. The Battle like others was over land. -
The Desert Land Act
The Desert Land Act was passed by congress, to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western states. This act irrigated and cultivated public desert lands. -
Capture of Nez Perce
The Capture of Nez Perce was a conflict between the Nez Perce and other Native American Tribes v.s. the U.S. Army. This conflict broke out because they didn't want to give up their land in the Pacific Northwest and move to an Indian Reservation in Idaho. The Nez Perce ended up surrendering and taken as prisoners and sent to Kansas by train. -
Pratt Boarding School
Pratt Boarding school the first all Indian school established by Richard Henry Pratt in Pennsylvania. It was also the first federally funded off-reservation Indian boarding school. This school changed the lives of many people. The school allowed them to feel equal and educated them. -
" A Century of Dishonor " by Helen Hunt Jackson
A Century of Dishonor is a non-fiction book that chronicled the experiences of Native Americans in the U.S., fousing on injustices. -
Bill Cody's "Wild West Show"
Bill Cody's "Wild West Show" was a traveling show in the U.S. and Europe. The show introduced many western performers and personalities. The show entertained many people. -
"Dead Mans Hand"
The dead mans hand is considered to be jacks and 10's, 8's, and 7's. The dead mans hand is based off a shooting that occured when a man was holding a pair of cards which is now known as "The Dead Mans's Hand". -
Capture of Geronimo
Geronimo and his tribe had very little time to stay in one place, the constant moving around had them worn out. They returned to the U.S. with Lawton and surrendered to General Miles at Skeleton Canyon Arizona -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act athourized the U.S. President to survery American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. This act was passed by congress to stimulate Indians into the American Society. The Dawes Act caused a large amount of disarry and was eventually taken away by Franklin Roosevelt. -
Edmunds-Tucker Act
The Edmunds-Tucker Act was an act of congress that focused on restricting some practices of The Church of Jesus Christ. of Latter-day Saints. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre which occureed by the Wounded Creek was the conflict spot between the North Americans and the representatives of the U.S. Government. This massacre left about 150 Native Americans dead. -
Forest Reserve Act
The Forest Reserve Act is a law that allowed the U.S. President to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. It established millions of acres of land as forest reserves. In 1907 a law was passed that limited the authority of the President to proclaim Forest Reserves in certain states, and rename the Forest Reserves as National Forests. -
Turner Thesis
The Turner Thesis is the agruement advanced by hisorian Frederick Jackson Turner that the democracy was formed by the American Frontier. He stressed about the the process, and the moving frontier line, and the impact it has on pioneers. Turners Thesis had part in shaping America.