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Plains Indians

Explore the clash between American interests and Plains Indians, from nomadic lifestyle to forced assimilation. Learn about key events like the Massacre at Sand Creek, Indian Wars, and the end of the Indian era.

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Plains Indians

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  1. Plains Indians -Great Plains or Great American Desert -Nomadic lifestyle -importance of the horse and buffalo -communal living -common use of the tribe’s land -Sioux, Lakota, Cheyenne, Apache, Nez Pierce, Blackfeet

  2. American Interests -Lands given by treaty to Indian groups -California Gold Rush, 1848 -Homestead Act, 1862 -transcontinental railroad building Massacre of the buffalo herds -Central and Union Pacific Railroads -Irish and Chinese Immigrants -Promontory Point, Utah, 1869

  3. American Interests -Lands given by treaty to Indian groups -California Gold Rush, 1848 -Homestead Act, 1862 -transcontinental railroad building Massacre of the buffalo herds -Central and Union Pacific Railroads -Irish and Chinese Immigrants -Promontory Point, Utah, 1869

  4. Indian Restrictions -treaties were broken -Indians forced onto reservations -gov’t payment and supplies were not delivered as promised -Indian Uprisings -Dakota Uprising, 1862

  5. Indian Restrictions -treaties were broken -Indians forced onto reservations -gov’t payment and supplies were not delivered as promised -Indian Uprisings -Dakota Uprising, 1862

  6. Indian Restrictions -Massacre at Sand Creek, 1864 John Chivington leads Army unit in massacre of Cheyenne -Fetterman’s Massacre, 1866 -Fetterman’s small army band crushed by Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Red Cloud’s warriors

  7. Indian Wars -Gold found in the Black Hills of the Dakotas -Sioux try to defend area promised to them -Army sends George Armstrong Custer -Little Bighorn, 1876 Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull lead warriors as Custer and all his men were killed

  8. Indian Wars -Gold found in the Black Hills of the Dakotas -Sioux try to defend area promised to them -Army sends George Armstrong Custer -Little Bighorn, 1876 Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull lead warriors as Custer and all his men were killed

  9. Indian Wars -Nez Perce Indians, 1877 -Led by Chief Joseph, they refused to go to reservation -chased by the Army for over 1000 miles until captured -”I will fight no more forever”

  10. Assimilation -”Century of Dishonor” Helen Hunt Jackson -some people supported assimilation of Indians -Dawes Act passed, 1887 160 acres to each family most of land was eventually taken

  11. End of the Indian Lifestyle -assimilation education of Indians to be more like whites -destruction of the buffalo

  12. End of the Indian Lifestyle -assimilation education of Indians to be more like whites -destruction of the buffalo

  13. End of the Indian Lifestyle -Ghost Dance Movement Sioux spiritual dance Dance was outlawed -Wounded Knee, 1890 massacre of several hundred Sioux -Indian era comes to an end

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