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The Government Restricts Native Americans
The federal government passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes -
Change in Treaty
the government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe -
Massacre at Sand Creek
General S. R. Curtis sent a telegram to militia colonel John Chivington saying "I want no peace till the Indians suffer more." In response, Chivington and his troops descended on the Cheyenne and Arapaho camped at Sand Creek. They attacked at dawn killing 150 inhabitants. -
Death on the Bozeman Trail
Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge. Over 80 soldiers were killed. -
Begining of the Red River War
war broke out again as the Kiowa and Comanche engage in 6 years of raiding -
Gold in the Black HIlls
Colonel George A. Custer reported that the Black Hills had gold. -
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Red River War
The US army herded all the people of friendly tribes and killed the rest. General Philip Sheridan gave orders to destroy their villages, to kill teh warriors, and to capture all of the women and children -
Custers Last Stand
troops led by Crazy Horse, Gall, and Sitting Bull outflanked and crushed Custer's troops. Within the hour, Custer and all of the men of the Seventh Calvary were dead. -
Dawes Act
This act was used to "Americanize" the Native Americans. the act broke up the reservations and gave some of the reservation land to individual Native Americans. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
Custer's old regiment rounded up 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to a camp at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. The next day the souldiers demanded that the Native Americans gave up their weapons. A shot was fired, the side unknown, and war broke out.
