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Plains Indians. Arapaho Blackfeet Crow Kiowa Comanche Northern Cheyenne Southern Cheyenne Osage Sioux Pawnee Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Sarcee Assiniboine And many more…. Native American: Plains Indians . Map. Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Web. 15 Aug. 2011.
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Plains Indians Arapaho Blackfeet Crow Kiowa Comanche Northern Cheyenne Southern Cheyenne Osage Sioux Pawnee Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Sarcee Assiniboine And many more… Native American: Plains Indians. Map. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 15 Aug. 2011.
Total number of Indian information from Native Americans in the Census, 1860–1890 By James P. Collins.http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/indian-census.html#nt6 Indian Wars Map from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Wars Indian Wars
Notable Politics (timeline) • 1804-1806; Lewis and Clark expedition encounters Native Americans • 1814; Andrew Jackson crushes Creek resistance in south • 1824; John C. Calhoun creates an Office of Indian Affairs • 1830; Indian Removal Act moves eastern Indians west of Mississippi • 1834; Congress establishes Indian Department within the Department of War • 1838; Cherokee “Trail of Tears” • 1850-1870; plains Indians cede land in exchange for reservations • 1854; Upper half of Indian territory becomes part of Kansas Territory • 1864; Cheyenne and Arapaho families massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado • 1864-1868; Navaho long walk • 1869-1876; 200 pitched battles between Indians and US Calvary • 1874-1875; Red River War • 1876; Sioux and Cheyenne defeat Custer at Little Big Horn, Montana • 1877 Nez Perce leave Idaho for Canada • 1878-1879; Northern Cheyenne escape Indian territory • 1886; Geronimo (Apache) surrenders after 15-years • 1887; Dawes Severalty Act creates allotment system • 1889; Ghost Dance • 1890; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota • 1892; Five civilized tribes granted US citizenship • 1907; Indian territory becomes eastern half of Oklahoma • 1924; citizenship Act makes Indians citizens without impairing status as tribal members; Bureau of Indian Affairs formed • 1933; Bureau of Indian Affairs reformed; sales of Indian lands halted http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html; Dr Donald R. Sutherland, Bureau of Indian Affairs