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The Government Restricts Native Americans
The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes. -
The Government Restricts Native Americans
The government changed its policy and created treaties that defined sepcific boundaries for each tribe. -
Massacre at Sand Creek
Most of the Cheyenne, assuming they were under the protection of the U.S. government, had peacefully returned to Colorado's Sand Creek Reserve for the winter. -
Death of the Boseman Trail
The warrior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fettersman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along tje Missouri River, was forced on the leaders of the Sioux in 1868. -
Gold Rush
Colonel George A. Custer reported that the Black Hills had gold "from the grass roots down," a gold rush was on. -
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Red River War
The U.S. Army responded by herding the people of friendly tribes onto reservations whil opnening fire on all others. -
Custer's Last Stand
The Sioux and Cheyenne held a sun dance, during which Sitting Bull had a vision of soldiers and some Native Americans falling from their horses. -
The Dawes Act
Congress passed the Dawes Act aiming to "Americanize" the Native Americans. The act broke up the reservations 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 Calvary-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. The next day, the soldiers demanded that the Native Americans give up all their weapons. A shot was fired; from which side, it was not clear. The soldiers open fire with deadly cannon.
