Native Americans APUSH

What is Chief Joseph's famous quote?

"I will fight no more forever"

What was the motto of Carlisle Indian School?

"Kill the Indian, save the man"

What did the Dawes Act try to do?

-Americanize/assimilation of Indians -breaks up reservation and gives each indian family 160 acres of land -rest of land is sold

Where did CHief Joseph and the Nez Perce go?

1300 mile retreat

How much land did each Indian family get from Dawes act?

160 acres

What fraction of Indians lived in the Great Plains?

2/3

How many men did Custer take to war at the battle of little big horn and what happened to them?

220 they all died

What did Helen Hunt Jackson write?

A Century of Dishonor

Who is one of the most famous people on the Wild West Show?

Annie Oakley

Who did Geronimo take with him when he fled?

Apache warriors

Who leads the group of Indians who leave reservation to continue ghost dance?

Big Foot

Where was the gold found?

Black Hills

Who had the show the Wild West Show?

Buffalo Bill

What was the most well know boarding school for Indians?

Carlisle Indian School

What Indians leave reservation before Sand Creek Massacre?

Cheyenne Indians

Who led the Nez Perce?

Chief Joseph

Who has to force the Indians back on the reservation during Sand Creek Massacre?

Colonel Chivington

Who surveys the reservation before the battle of little big horn?

Colonel Custer

Who were the leaders of the Sioux and what were their positions?

Crazy Horse (military leader) Sitting Bull (religious leader)

Where are Crazy Horse and his men taken after they are captured?

Fort Robinson in Nebraska

Who fled from the reservation with Apache warriors?

Geronimo

Where did most Indians live?

Great Plains

Who wrote the book A Century of Dishonor?

Helen Hunt Jackson

Who is ordered to arrest Sitting Bull?

Indian police

What is said to happen after the ghost dance?

Indians lifted into air White man covered in soil Buffalo and ancestors of Indians come back Indians come down from sky Everything would be like it was before white men

Who is the most famous graduate of Carlisle Indian School (greatest athlete)?

Jim Thorpe

Who did Chief Joseph lead?

Nez Perce

Who was the most powerful Indian tribe on the northern Great Plains?

Sioux

Where was the reservation the Sioux agreed to live on?

South Dakota

What was the last major military conflict between Plains Indians and US army?

Wounded Knee Massacre

Who had the vision of the ghost dance and what was his american name?

Wovoka Jack Wilson

Who catches up with the Indians lead by Big Foot?

army

Describe Dawes Act in one word

assimilation

Why are the bodies of those killed at Wounded Knee Massacre frozen?

blizzard hits

What was set up to Americanize Indian boys?

boarding schools

What animal was getting killed to much?

buffalo

What is "A Century of Dishonor" about?

claimed the US gov broke every treaty ever made with Indians

Where did the Nez Perce end up?

close to Canadian border

Why were the Nez Perce stopped?

cornered by US army

Why do things escalate for the Wounded Knee Massacre?

deaf indian doesnt know whats going on and refused to hand over weapons, someone fires but nobody knows who, so army starts firing on Indians

What happens to those killed at Wounded Knee Massacre?

freeze

What did Colonel Custer and his men find on the reservation?

gold

Why was Geronimo an embarrassment for the army and gov?

he continually eluded/tricked them

What happens to Sitting Bull while being arrested?

he is killed

What does Sitting Bull do after battle of little big horn?

him and his followers escape to Canada

Why do sioux warriors leave the reservation and prepare for war?

hundreds of people are sneaking on the reservation to mine for gold

What happens to Crazy Horse after he is captured?

killed while trying to escape

Who was Buffalo Bill?

known for his traveling Wild West Show that re-enacted Western events and included world-renowned sharpshooter Annie Oakley

Why did Cheyenne Indians leave reservation before Sand Creek Massacre?

raid neighboring farms for food

What did the Wild West Show do?

re-enact Western events

Where were Indians moved to?

reservations

What happens to land not given to Indians?

sold

What do the Indians do after they kill Custer and his men?

split up and go in diff directions

How does Sitting bull feel about ghost dance?

supports it

What does the army tell the Indians to do at Wounded Knee Creek?

turn over their weapons

What is raised when the army finds the Indian camp during the Sand Creek Massacre?

white flag

What does Chivington order his men to do at the Sand Creek Massacre?

wipe out Indians