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reservation
land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American tribes.
Sitting Bull
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George A. Custer
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Why was buffalo important to Plains tribes?
Buffalo provided meat, skins for tepees, clothing, shoes, blankets and fuel, even the bones and horns were used.
What were the effects of the Dawes Act on Native Americans?
By the end the situation was tragic because their society was broken up.
How did the horses change the way of life of the Plains people?
Hunters could travel farther for Buffalo.
How did the Sand Creek and Fetterman massacres affect government policy toward native Americans?
It forced the government to try and find a way to stop the fighting
How did the Battle of the Little Bighorn affect government Indian policy?
The government responded by stepping up military action.
Wounded Knee Massacre
The massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, in 1890
Sand Creek massacre
an 1864 attack in which more than 150 Cheyenne men, women, and children were killed by thee Colorado militia.
Battle of the Little Big Horn
an 1876 battle in which the Sioux and the Cheyenne wiped out an entire force of U.S. troops
Why did the government break its promises not to open Indian Territory to white settlement?
The whites decided they wanted to settle there.
In what ways did the Dawes Act try to force native Americans to assimilate?
They broke up their reservations up into individual plots of land for family, took the children away to boarding schools.
Why did the buffalo almost vanish from the Plains?
They were over hunted to provide food for railroad crews and leather for Eastern factories.
What were the results of efforts by the Nez Perce, Navajo`, and Apache to resist removal to reservations?
U.S. troops burned homes and crops, and forced the Navajo on long marches due many of them died.
What events led to the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Wovoka was a Paiute who encouraged native american to leave the reservations and to perform the Ghost Dance in the hopes of regaining their previous way of life. The army captured the dancers, someone fired a shot and the army killed about 300 men, women, and children.
dawes Act
a law, enacted in 1887 that distribvuted reservation ladnt o inviddual owners
