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| government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues |
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| Colonel who raised a U.S flag above his lodge as a sign of peace |
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| troops fired on mass of men, women, and children; 200 died |
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| sioux who was an important leader |
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| ordered an immediate attack at Battle of Little Big Horn |
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| Battle of the Little Bighorn |
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| last victory for the sioux |
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| religious movement among the Sioux (aka-ghost dance) |
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| makred the end of the bloody conflict between soldiers and American Indians in the Great Plains |
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| agreed to relocated in Idaho |
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| Apache leader who fled his reservation with about 75 followers |
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| called attention to the problems of American Indians |
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| Dawes General Allotment Act |
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| required Indian lands to be surveyed and that American Indian families receive an allotment of 160 acres of reservation land for farming |
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| citizens can get 160 acres and gain the title to it within 5 years and pay $30 |
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| 125 Million acres of land+ 100 acres donated by the state; gave lands to railroad companies to develop a railroad line linking the East and West coasts |
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| granted a total of more than 17 million acres of federal land to the states; set up 70 colleges |
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| African American settlers who trekked west |
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| 70 year old farmer slave who led the Exodusters |
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| buildings made from chunks cut from the heavy topsoil that were stacked like wood |
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| US Department of Agriculture |
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| helped famers adapt to their new environment |
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| efficient new farm machinery |
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| writer who recorded stories about life on the Great Plains |
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| interbred English cattle with Spanish cattle |
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| herding as many as 3,000 cattle |
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| a town located along a railroad |
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| one of the world's richest silver veins |
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| used mercury to extract silver from ore |
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| negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867 |
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| water shot at high pressure ripped away from gravel and dirt to expose the minerals beneath |
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| involved sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks |
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