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Native Americans

Native Americans. Conflicts. Since the 17 th century, Native Americans had been continually disposed of their lands by European/American expansion Notable Conflicts between Native Americans and American settlers: Powhatan Wars – 1620’s –40’s King Philips War – 1675-76 Pontiac War – 1763-66

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Native Americans

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  1. Native Americans

  2. Conflicts • Since the 17th century, Native Americans had been continually disposed of their lands by European/American expansion • Notable Conflicts between Native Americans and American settlers: • Powhatan Wars – 1620’s –40’s • King Philips War – 1675-76 • Pontiac War – 1763-66 • Defeat of Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe 1811

  3. Indian Removal Act • Indian Removal Act – 1830 • President Andrew Jackson wants to push Indian nations west of Mississippi • Forcible removal of Cherokee – Trail of Tears (1/4 parish along the way) • Begins pattern of moving Indian peoples onto reservations and forced assimilation (Dawes Act)

  4. “Custer’s Last Stand” • Native Americans resisted forced movement • 1864 Sand Creek Massacre: US forces slaughtered Cheyenne women and children • 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn: Sioux Indians rise up & defeat Custer • Last great victory of Native Americans

  5. Wounded Knee • 1890 • Last notable conflict • US army thought Chief Sitting Bull was starting an uprising & tried to arrest him • Pursued Sioux to Wounded Knee Creek and soldiers kill over 150 unarmed Native Americans

  6. Dawes Act Assimilation: being absorbed into the larger, more dominant culture • Focus on assimilation • Assimilation: absorb a group into the culture of a large population • Intended to help the Native Americans • Split reservations into individual parcels

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