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Great plains reservation
the federal government has passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation. -
Policy Changes
the government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe. -
Massacre at Sand Creek
The US troops attack the Cheyenne and Arapaho camped at Sand Creek. The attack at dawn killed over 150 people, mostly women and children. -
Death on the Bozeman Trail
Crazy horse ambushed Captain Fetterman and his troops at Lodge Trail Ridge. Over 80 soldiers were killed in the Battle of the Hundred Slain. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The government agreed to close the Bozeman Trail. The Sioux agreed to live on the reservation along the Missouri River. Sitting Bull had never signed it.The Ogala and Brule Sioux did sign the treaty. -
Gold Rush
George A. Custer reported that the Black Hills had gold "from the grass roots down," a gold rush was on. -
Red River War
The US arm responded by herding the people of friendly tribes onto reservations while opening fire on others -
Custer's Last stand
The Sioux and Cheyenne held a sun dance, during which the Sitting Bull has vision of soldiers and some Native Americans falling from their horses. When Colonel Custer and his troops reached the Little Bighorn River, the Natives Americans were ready for them.The Sioux were beaten. Sitting Bull and the few followers took refuge in Canada, where they remained until 1881. Eventually, to prevent starvation, Sitting Bull was forced to surrender. -
The Dawes Act
The act aiming to "Americanize" the Native Americans. The act broke up the reservation and gave some of the reservation land to individual Native Americans- 160 acres to each head of household and 80 acres to each unmarried adult. -
Wounded Knee
The Seventh Cavalry Custer's old regiment rounded up about 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to a camp at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota
