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| What year was the meeting and signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux? |
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| A written agreement between two or more nations. |
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| By the end of the 1800s, who controlled most of the land in MN? |
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| Why did the US government build Fort Snelling? |
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| To protect the local fur trade from the British and enforce the US laws about fur trading like keeping the peace between the Dakota and Ojibwe |
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| Annual payment of food, money, and goods from the US government paid to the Dakota and Ojibwe and other tribes in return for their land |
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| Something owed like money good or services. |
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| As the Dakota watched new settlements grow they began to ....? |
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| Fear that they would be pushed off their land. |
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| What is Westward Expansion? |
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| Settlers and immigrants moving west, the US government's desire to own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Part of the U.S. that is not yet a state. |
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| Land set aside by the government for an American Indian group/tribe/band. |
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| Adopting the habits and values of a larger group (acting like them) |
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| What was the third document the Dakota signed at the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux? |
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| An agreement to pay the traders back first with the money they were going to receive from the US Government. |
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| What did the the Dakota think the third document they signed at the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was? |
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| A third copy of the treaty |
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| List two reasons that the non-Indians wanted to make treaties with the Dakota. |
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- Expand the US
- Make money (buying and selling land, natural resources, etc.)
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| List three reasons some Dakota wanted to make treaties. |
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- Keep at least some of their land
- Get money to pay back their debts to the traders and for supplies like food good and supplies
- Have some say in their future
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| List three things that were agreed on during the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. |
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- Almost all of the land in MN went to the Non-Indians
- The Daktoa were promised annuities of cash, food and goods for 50 years
- The Dakota were promised a permanent reservation
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| List three things the Dakota saw when they looked at their land |
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- Graves of their ancestors
- land to be used and shared
- Food and resources to survive
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| List three things the newcomers/Non-Indians saw when looking the land in MN. |
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- land that could be bought and sold for money
- Rich farmland
- Resources like trees and river for waterpower
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| List two unfair things that happened to the Dakota afer the signing of the treaties. |
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- Much of the money they were supposed to get right away was given to the fur traders to pay their debts and supposed debts
- The US Senate changed the terms of the treaty so that "permanent" reservations were changed to "temporary" reservations
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| What fashion trend brought about the end of the fur trade? |
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| The desire for silk hats instead of felt hats made from beaver pelts. |
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| In a 1999 lawsuit, what did the US Supreme court decide? |
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- Treaties made long ago are still legal documents
- The state of MN had to follow the terms of the 1837 treaty
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| Who led the US delegation at the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and was the first MN territorial governor of MN? |
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| What are three words or phrases that describe the way the Dakota were treated at the treaty meeting at Traverse des Sioux |
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- disrespectfully
- dishonestly
- impatiently
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| Why did many fur traders want to make treaties with the Dakota? |
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| They had lost money due to the end of the fur trade and wanted the Dakota and Ojibwe to have money to pay the debt they owed them back so they would not be broke anymore. |
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