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Conflicts With Native Americans
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History
9th Grade
09/01/2010

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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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(BIA) supposed to manage the delivery of critical supplies to reservations, but there was curroption w/in the system and its agents causing supplies to be mishandled or stolen
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Cheif Joseph/Nez Perce
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he promised to never sell the lands of his father, and the tribe faught for their land but he surrendered when grew tired of fighting and wanted peace
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Sand Creek Massacre
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After Cheyenne raids, Colorado's governor  promised protection if the cheifs would camp @ Sand Creek.  Colonel Chivington attacked the cheif and and killed between 150-500 NAs.  The next year many Cheyennes moved onto reservations
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Fort Lamarie Treaty
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ended the 2 year war of the Sioux warriors and US, means the US abandoned the Bozeman Trail & created a large reservation in South Dakota
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Black Hills
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according to the Fort Lamarie Treaty, belong to Sioux, tall pine covered mountains in South Dakota and Wyoming, Kernel Custer found gold there (kind of)
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George Armstrong Custer
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the lieutenant sent to investigate rumors of gold in Black Hills, foolishly rushed to fight in Battle of Little Bighorn and died
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Sitting Bull
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never signed Fort Lamarie Treaty, left the reservation and caused hostility, escaped from Battle of Little Bighorn to Canada, later joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
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Crazy Horse
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never signed Fort Lamarie Treaty, left the reservation and caused hostility, died at the Battle of Little Bighorn
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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2,000 Sioux warriors wiped out Custer and 200 men w/in an hour, but the US still ended up winning
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Ghost Dance
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a ritual where people joined hands and whirled around in a circle, NAs believed it was the answer to their problems, but US thought it was a threat
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Massacre @ Wounded Knee
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Sitting Bull killed by police for resisting their efforts to calm him , his followers surrendered, but then a shot was fired and 200 Sioux were killed
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A Century of Dishonor
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abook by Hunt Jackson, inspired peace movement
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US Training and Industrial School
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NA children were tricked out of their homes & forced to learn the "American Way"
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Dawes Act
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divided reservation land into plots, each NA family with a man as the head recieved a 160 acre plot these landowners have citizenship and had to abide by laws of US
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Boomers
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settlers thast staked claim on Indian land
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Sooners
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people who sneaked past the government officials earlier to mark their claims on Indian land
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