Indians on the Great Plains Homework

The following pairs match Indian chiefs with the tribes that they led in resistance to the whites. The incorrect pair is

Sitting Bull -- Arapaho

In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,

the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred two hundred Indians.

Which tribe should NOT be included among the Plains Indians?

the Yurok

By the nineteenth century, the most powerful tribe in the Missouri River was the

Sioux

In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"

was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.

The Treaty of Fort Laramie was significant because it ______ and ______.

was forced on the U.S./ gave the Lakota the Black Hills

White settlement of the Great Plains west of the Mississippi occurred because of

All of the answers below: A) the discovery of gold and silver deposits B) encouragement by the federal government C)the completion of the transcontinental railroad D)passage of the Homestead Act

What was the name of the Indian Chief at the Sand Creek Massacre?

Black Kettle

The Indian leader who said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever," was

Chief Joseph

Which chief led his tribe on an incredible trek of defensive battles that covered over 1300 miles toward the Canadian border?

Chief Joseph

The 1887 law that tried to force Indians to assimilate into white society by ending tribal ownership of land and distributing it to individual tribe members was the

Dawes Act

Wovoka

Indian shaman who began the Ghost Dance

The decimation of American buffalo herd in the late nineteenth century

happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade, destroying the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers.

The Sand Creek massacre of 1864

involved the killing of Indian women and children.

Chief Black Kettle

leader of the Cheyenne at Chivington's Massacre

Chief Joseph

leader of the Nez Perce

Chief Red Cloud

leader of the Sioux at the Fetterman Massacre

Sitting Bull

leader of the Sioux at the battle of the Little Big Horn

Sand Creek and the Washita River are associated with the

massacre of peaceful Plains Indians

The 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn

was a short- lived Indian victory.