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One Giant Reservation
The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation. -
Treaties were created
The government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe. -
Tragic Event
Massacre at Sand Creek. -
The Capture
The warior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River, was forced on the leaders of the Sioux, by the Treaty of Fort Laramie -
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Red River War
War broke out again as the Kiowa and Comanche engaged in six years of raiding that finally led to the Red River War. -
Custer's Last Stand
Crazy Horse, Gall, and Sitting Bull outflanked and crushed Custer's troops. Custer and all of his men were dead within an hour. -
The Dawes Act
Congress passed the Dawes Act aiming to "Americanize" the Native Americans. -
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