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reservation
in 1834 federal govt. passed a law designating the entire great plains as one giant hunting ground -
defining boundaries
the government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe. -
The Sand Creek Massacre
in the winter of 1864 the Cheyenne retreated to Colorado's sand creek reserve when general S. R. Curtis U.S. army commander in the west. sent a telegram to colonel john Chivington that said "i want no peace until the Indians suffer more". Chivington and his men attacked the Cheyenne. they killed 150 Indians mostly women and children. -
death on the bozemen trail
The bozemen trail was a trail that ran though Sioux hunting grounds in the bighorn mountains. the chief red cloud unsuccessfully appealed to the govt to end white settlement on the trail. in December the warrior crazy horse ambushed captain William J. fetterman killing over 80 soldiers. little fights broke out along the trail until the govt closed the trail. in retuern the treaty of fort Laramie in which the sioux agree to live on a reservation along the Missouri river. -
red river war
war broke out in 1864 as the Kiowa ans Comanche engaged 6 years of raiding lead to the red river war. the U.S army under the command of general Philip Sheridan -
gold rush
four years after the treaty of fort Laramie miners began searching for gold in the black hills. the Indians protested. when George Custer said that their was gold from the grass roots down a gold rush was on, -
clusters last stand
during a sun dance sitting bull had a vision of soldiers and some NA falling off their horses. when Custer and his troops reached the little bighorn the natives where ready for them. the NA lead by crazy horse, Gall, and sitting bull out flanked Custer and his men with in an hour Custer and all of his men where dead. -
the dawnes act
congress passed the Dawes act aiming Americanize the NA -
wounded knee
the 7th calvery rounded up 350 starving NA and took them to a camp at wounded knee the next day soldiers demanded that the NA give up all their weapons. a shot was fired not clear from which side the. the army opened up with deadly cannon. which killed around 300 NA. ending the Indian war era.
